House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2008-10-28 Daily Xml

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MINI WIND TURBINES

Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop) (15:08): As a supplementary question: in answer to the question, the Premier said that we have about five and that they are operating. Will the Premier assure the house that they are operating, and can he tell us how much power—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr WILLIAMS: —is being produced by these mini wind turbines?

The Hon. P.F. Conlon interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Transport will come to order! The Premier.

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (15:09): If you look out the window you will see, perhaps, one on the top of the State Administration Centre and one on top of one of the other public buildings. I think that there was one over on the Central Market. When they go around and around they are producing power—that is, when there is wind. It depends whether or not there is wind.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!