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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-10-18T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Tee Tree Gully Council</name>
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          <heading>Tee Tree Gully Council</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2022-10-18T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="90">
            <name>Tee Tree Gully Council</name>
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          <inserted>90 <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) </by>().7 September 20227 September 2022).  Can the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water advise—</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What asset writedown costs or other accounting implications will SA Water incur as a result of the Labor government's decision to transfer Tea Tree Gully council CWMS customers to SA Water by 1 July 2022? </inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What impact will this transfer have on customer bills? </inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Will the Tea Tree Gully council be required to provide the state government with any financial contribution as part of the transfer? </inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;What will be the total additional cost to SA Water of transferring all Tea Tree Gully customers to SA Water by 1 July 2022 above those costs previously identified as part of SA Water's Sustainable Sewers program? </inserted>
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          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;How will the $3.3 million allocated to fund the transfer be expended? </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <question date="2022-10-18T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="90">
            <name>Tee Tree Gully Council</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Climate, Environment and Water has advised: </inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;As the assets come to end of life, SA Water as the owner will be responsible for decommissioning of these assets. There are no expected asset writedown costs to SA Water related to Labor's election commitment to transfer all Tea Tree Gully Community Wastewater Management System customers to SA Water by 1 July 2022. </inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Under the statewide pricing structure that applies to SA Water, Tea Tree Gully customers will pay the same price as other customers for wastewater services. The transfer of assets and decommissioning will not affect what Tea Tree Gully customers pay. </inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;The specifics of the transfer are subject to a legal agreement that is commercial in confidence. </inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;The additional expenditure to SA Water net of additional sewer rates is estimated to be $5.3million.</inserted>
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