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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Dam Integrity

The Hon. D.R. CREGAN (Kavel) (14:30): My question is to the Deputy Premier. Can the Deputy Premier provide any advice to the house on what additional support might be available to private landowners concerning unexpected dam integrity issues that may exceed their financial capacity to address but which threaten other property owners? The Deputy Premier will appreciate this is a matter, of course, that she and I have discussed on an earlier occasion.

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy) (14:30): I think this is perhaps the second time that this has been raised by the member in this chamber and also directly with me representing his area. I imagine that this has come up as a question today because of the news yesterday of the Echunga dam owned by the golf course looking like it might lose integrity, and the SES are paying careful attention to that and the consequences should that occur.

There has been a three-year program undertaken by the Department for Environment and Water alongside the two landscape boards in the region, the Hills and Fleurieu and also Northern and Yorke, alongside the SES, working on mapping those privately owned dams that, should they lose integrity, might have a significant impact on other landholders. Also, part of that program has been working with all landholders, offering workshops to skill them in how to identify what challenges there are and how to adequately maintain their dams.

There is money that has been applied to funding demonstration projects on works for dams in order to be able to demonstrate the way in which dams can be looked after so that the likelihood of their failure is reduced.

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