Port River Dolphins

98 The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) ().7 September 20227 September 2022). Can the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water advise—

1. When is the Flinders University report into the Port River dolphin deaths expected to be finalised?

2. When is the report expected to be provided to the minister?

3. Will the report be made public?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): The Minister for Climate, Environment and Water has advised:

The project and report on fish as indicators of dolphin health within the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary (ADS), led by Flinders University will be completed by June 2023.

Following completion of the report by Flinders University, the report will be provided to the minister and be made publicly available on the Department for Environment and Water's ADS investigation website shortly thereafter.

This is one of many projects initiated as part of the investigation being led by DEW into dolphin health in the ADS.