Brown Hill Keswick Creek Stormwater Project

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:49): Supplementary: has the government or has the government not provided an implementation plan that might actually yield some money?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:49): The federal government has been approached by the state government and asked to contribute to a major infrastructure program that will protect homes in Adelaide and important economic infrastructure.

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: You just want money for nothing.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Well, it's not for nothing. This is a major plan. The Hon. Michelle Lensink doesn't seem to understand the first thing—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: —about these five councils working together to deliver the Keswick Brown Hill Creek development, which will safeguard houses from flooding and safeguard economic infrastructure into the future.

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: How do you know? You haven't got a plan yet.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I just said that the plan has been agreed to by the five councils and state government.

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: An implementation plan.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: If we rewind a little bit further, Hon. Michelle Lensink, I said we are waiting for the subsidiary to be set up by the councils. I don't know how much more I can give you. Is the Liberal Party in this state actually saying that until you dot every 'i' and cross every 't' you can't go and ask the federal government to be a participant in a major infrastructure spend to safeguard homes and economic infrastructure in this state?

Is that what they are saying, Mr President, because that's infantile. That is not how we work with the federal government. We share our plans. We ask for them to be partners with us, and many times they are, but in this particular instance they have given us absolutely no guarantees of any investment with local government and state government in this important plan to safeguard homes and businesses around these creeks.