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KLEMZIG GROUNDWATER TESTING

Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:42): The minister in his answer has just said, 'there was no contamination, there is no contamination'. If that is the case, why did the EPA notify the Port Adelaide Enfield council and, if that is the case, why does the EPA have on its website that there is a source of contamination at 35 O.G. Road?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Minister.

The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton—Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Water) (15:42): It was identified on 35 O.G. Road that there was testing that was done and contamination was found—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P. CAICA: —as a result of testing in the area. Certainly, the council was notified at that time that there was testing being done. No information was received at that stage that indicated that that contamination had spread, but, as a proper approach, the EPA then tested those bores within a 500 metre radius of—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. P. CAICA: I am going to ignore the member for Norwood.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P. CAICA: The member for Norwood, like all members of the opposition—except the member for Davenport, I think—has my mobile phone number. If there was clear and present danger, he could have—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. P. CAICA: The member for Davenport said, 'I don't need your mobile phone number. I will never ring you.' So that is fine. I can only assume that the member for Norwood never contacted me because maybe the person who sought the FOI did not tell him, maybe he was preening himself, maybe he was preparing himself for the leadership challenge, maybe he was looking for his soul mate—I don't know. All he had to do was get on the phone. If they thought there was clear and present danger, they should have contacted me. There was no contamination, there is no contamination.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Thank you.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Norwood!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Leader of the Opposition.

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