Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Sand Carting Sand Carting The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Sand Carting The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:37): I would like to ask the minister whether he has any reason to believe that this year's program for use of trucks and excavators will exceed that budget. I don't attend estimates, so this is my opportunity. The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change Sand Carting The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:37): He obviously trades questions and answers with members in the lower house, so he can do exactly the same thing in relation to estimates. Members interjecting: The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I have given you the answer that I have before me. At the close of the financial year, as these reports are made to ministers, we will have more information at hand. What I have before me—and let me repeat it again for the hard of hearing—is that the operational costs of implementing Adelaide's Living Beaches strategy are in the order of $5.8 million per year. This includes the cost of pumping and trucking sand, dredging of Glenelg and West Beach Harbour and ancillary costs. As that information is updated and brought before me, I can advise the house or, indeed, through any other process, estimates or whatever. The Hon. Mr Wade, as he clearly has been given a question to ask today from the lower house member, can pass the question back to him and he can ask it.