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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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STORMWATER INITIATIVES

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (15:07): I thank the Premier for his good wishes. My question is again to the Minister for Water Security. After almost eight years of government, five of which have been in drought, how many gigalitres of stormwater have been captured by government projects for re-use?

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD (Chaffey—Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Water Security) (15:08): As the member would be aware, the projects that have delivered water from stormwater are the Salisbury council projects, which are partnerships between the state government—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: —which are partnerships led by the Salisbury council, which is fantastic, as councils are supposed to. Councils are the managers of stormwater, and I think this escapes the notice—

Mr Pengilly: How much have you done?

The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Finniss!

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: —of the opposition, that the councils are actually the lead in the stormwater projects. We have a fantastic record in this state of trying to deal with that. What the opposition did was cut money to stormwater; they halved investment in stormwater. When this government came into government—when the Labor Party came into government—they established the Stormwater Management Authority to better integrate the approach to stormwater management programs.

Ms Chapman: How much? How much Karlene?

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: There are seven to eight gigalitres currently being harvested in Salisbury and there is also a number of projects such as the Riverside one. The minister for environment might be able to help me with that one.

The Hon. J.W. Weatherill: Riverside Golf Club.

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: The Riverside Golf Club—that is a project that has been completed. Waterproofing the South is on its way. The Glenelg golf course, the Adelaide golf course, the Grange golf course—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: —are now benefiting from stormwater projects. The Lochiel Park project is also a project that is investing heavily in stormwater.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: Most definitely.

Mr Pengilly interjecting:

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: Golf clubs are definitely worthy recipients—

The SPEAKER: Order! The minister will take her seat for a moment. Member for Finniss, it is not acceptable in this chamber to try to shout someone down. I will not accept it. The member for Finniss has been called several times. He is warned. I will not tolerate any further disruption from him. The Minister for Water Security.

The Hon. K.A. MAYWALD: Of course, the Riverside one, as I mentioned, is not yet completed, but the Grange is certainly underway. All these are worthy projects. We also have the projects I spoke about before which I will not go through again but which are worthy projects for stormwater harvest and re-use. They are not the sole answer to the state's water issues, however; that is why the South Australian government has a comprehensive plan that includes desalination, catchment management and getting a better deal in the longer term for the River Murray.

It includes stormwater harvesting. Our extensive Water for Good strategy covers off on all these as a diversified strategy to secure the water future for South Australians. It is a very good strategy, and I encourage members opposite to get on board to ensure that South Australians can be secure in their water future. We are doing that and the opposition should be doing it as well.

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