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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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DESALINATION PLANT

Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): My question again is to the Minister for Water. Is it the case that galvanised pipes with stainless steel lining were installed in the desalination plant—

Mrs Redmond: Instead of full.

Mr WILLIAMS: —instead of full stainless steel pipes and are these pipes now being replaced?

The SPEAKER: Order! That is a very technical question, member for MacKillop, for the minister to answer.

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: I could not hear the question because the Leader of the Opposition was interjecting. I would ask her to stop doing that.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Minister, did you hear the question?

The Hon. P. CAICA: Why don't we have him ask it again, Madam Speaker, because there were people on his own side who were interjecting on him?

The SPEAKER: Member for MacKillop, can you ask the question again?

Mr WILLIAMS: Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is my pleasure to ask it again. I hope the minister answers at least once. Is it the case that galvanised pipes with stainless steel lining were installed in the desalination plant but these pipes have now been replaced with full stainless steel pipes because of failure?

The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton—Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:27): I am not across every detail of the desalination plant. However, I would say this: there is certainly an expectation of the government that every requirement of the contract will be fulfilled and met.

Mr Williams interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. P. CAICA: I am presuming that, if indeed what the member for MacKillop says is true and it was at odds with whatever the arrangements were that were agreed to with respect to the material that should have been used, that would have been rectified.

The Hon. P.F. Conlon interjecting:

The Hon. P. CAICA: I'll go down this afternoon and check, Patrick. I'll drive down and have a look at the pipes. What I will do is take some advice on what the situation happens to be to try to test, in doing so, the veracity of the question asked by the member for MacKillop, and I will certainly get back to the house.

Ms Chapman: Check on that penalty while you're out there.

The SPEAKER: Order!

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