Sand Dredging

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:04): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the minister responsible for the Adelaide beach sand management trials.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: The arrangements for the MC Dredging & Port development Pty Ltd for the dredging that was carried out for the sand management trials contains a clause—and I refer the minister to page 10, 3.2, Turbidity Management (S-291)—which states:

The Licensee must;

3.2.1 take all reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise environmental harm that may be caused by turbidity resulting from dredging and dewatering (works); and

3.2.2 ensure that where a water quality management plan has been implemented, provide all water quality monitoring data (including raw turbidity data documented in the approved spreadsheet template) to the EPA upon request, or at completion of the works.

My question to the minister is: has the data been provided, and will it be made public?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:05): I thank the honourable member for her question. I think the simple answer is I am not aware of any instance where any condition that the EPA has imposed upon that dredging trial has been breached, but I am happy to go away and bring back an answer for the honourable member if there is any concern that anything has been breached, but certainly I am not aware of it.