World Water Day

Adjourned debate on motion of Hon N.J. Centofanti:

That this council—

1. Acknowledges that on 22 March 2023 we celebrate international World Water Day;

2. Acknowledges that managing our water requires a balancing act of maintaining sustainable water ecosystems, while providing enough to efficiently support agricultural, industry, social and cultural needs;

3. Congratulates South Australian businesses, industry and households on their performance to date when it comes to responsible water use;

4. Calls on the Malinauskas Labor government to urgently disclose the site and cost of the Eyre Peninsula desalination plant to provide the much-needed water security in that region; and

5. Calls on the Malinauskas Labor government to restore efforts to progress agricultural water efficiency projects as a means of achieving environmental water recovery in the Murray-Darling Basin.

(Continued from 22 March 2023.)

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (01:10): I move:

That this order of the day be discharged.

Motion carried; order of the day discharged.