House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-02-06 Daily Xml

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SA WATER

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:59): My question is to the Premier. Is the government planning to write down SA Water's asset base and, if so, by how much?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (14:59): We have no plans in that regard. We will seek advice from SA Water through the pricing policy process that is fundamentally governed by ESCOSA, and we will make our response to that when and if we have the relevant information. We will be making full public disclosure about the basis for that decision once we have arrived at it, but there are no present plans.