Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time SA Water SA Water The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council SA Water The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:33): Supplementary question arising out of the minister's original answer: is the reason the minister is refusing to answer both questions I have put to him that he is too embarrassed by the actual facts of the situation; that is, the government was advised by SA Water of significant savings if they continued the Allwater contract, and that's the reason why the minister is now steadfastly refusing to answer either of the questions that have been put to him? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change SA Water The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (15:34): I'm not steadfastly refusing to answer anything. What I am doing is poking my finger in the hole, the gaping hole, in the Liberal Party's plan about privatisation. That's what they don't want us to talk about. Well, I can tell you now: every day from now to the election I will be telling South Australians about your track record on privatisation, your track record on the privatisation of ETSA, and how could anybody take you at face value when you make a promise about SA Water. No-one is going to believe you. No-one is going to believe you, Mr Lucas. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Why would they? You misled them. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Minister, take your seat. The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS: Point of order. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I have just called order. The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS: I make a point of order. The minister has just said that you misled the house, sir. I think he needs to refer through you, not to you. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The minister has the floor. It is totally inappropriate for a debate across the chamber. The minister will speak through the chair. Have you finished your answer, minister? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I will take your instructions, sir, as I always do. Mr President, I invite you to tell the Hon. Mr Lucas that no-one will trust a word he says, in the lead up to the next election, about SA Water or privatisation, because he has no record that anyone will ever trust.