House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-07-24 Daily Xml

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Site Contamination, Clovelly Park and Mitchell Park

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition, Leader of the Opposition) (14:53): My question is to the minister for health. Considering the URS report was received on 16 May, why was the decision as to whether SA Health or the EPA was the lead agency still unresolved on 25 June, when the State Emergency Management Committee determined the issue?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Member of the Executive Council, Premier) (14:53): Can I say that that is an inaccurate summary of the position. The position as at that date is that the environment minister through the environment portfolio, the EPA, was the lead for the first phase of this particular matter. What we have not reached yet is the further phase, which was the topic of internal discussions within agencies. These were always going to be matters that would have an initial phase, that initially that EPA was to supervise, and then it may have progressed to other agencies as other considerations then took over.