SA Water Infrastructure

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:30): A supplementary question: will the government consider amending the policy so that the notice must be sent by registered mail?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:30): As I said, the agency (SA Water) is exploring opportunities to better deal with customers to issue notices on a daily basis. They are actually exploring using SMS technology to provide phone alerts; that may in fact be more efficient than utilising registered post but there will be instances, I am sure, where people do not have or do not give us their mobile phone contact, in which case it may be appropriate for registered mail to be utilised. That is a matter for SA Water to explore as they consider all those options and report back to me.