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House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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National Electricity Market

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:46): Supplementary, sir.

Mr Whetstone interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Chaffey is warned.

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is called to order.

Mr Knoll interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert is warned.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Treasurer is called to order. Leader.

Mr MARSHALL: Why is it okay for South Australia to consume energy from coal-fired generators located in Victoria and New South Wales but not in South Australia?

Mr Knoll: Hear, hear! Great question.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:47): It is a good question. The important thing to note is that coal generation in New South Wales is the only form of generation that they have. They also have something called a hydro scheme. You may have heard of it: the Snowy Hydro Scheme.

Mr Marshall: Get a briefing.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Get a briefing? Okay, so Snowy is not operating in New South Wales—doesn't exist. No, you only buy coal. You can choose the electrons. You can say, 'This electron is from coal and that electron is from Snowy. The coal one is cheaper than the Snowy one.' I have to say: how ridiculous. Let's talk about Victoria. Who else are they interconnected to?

Mr Picton: Tasmania.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Tasmanian hydro. I have to say: how ridiculous. It just shows the level of discourse we have from the opposition, when they do not understand their National Electricity Market, they do not understand how power is dispatched, they do not understand what levels of generation are in place in different states. It is just embarrassing for the Leader of the Opposition.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Point of order: debate.

The SPEAKER: I don't uphold the point of order because the debate, insofar as the Treasurer was debating—and he probably was—was triggered by the torrent of interjections. My view is that people who take points of order should come to them with clean hands. The leader.

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