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Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
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OPAL FUEL

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (15:08): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Leader of the Government on behalf of the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs a question about the latest Opal fuel rollout.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS: The federal Minister for Indigenous Health recently announced funding for the further rollout of Opal fuel in a press release on 12 May, entitled 'Rudd government committed to Indigenous health'. This is welcome news for many Indigenous communities dealing with the issue of petrol sniffing but, more than four years after it was promised for the Yalata community on South Australia's West Coast, Opal fuel is still not available in that particular community. Some members may be aware that petrol sniffing has been an ongoing problem in Yalata for over 30 years.

Sources have advised me that the goal was to have Opal fuel available in Yalata by June this year. I am now reliably advised that the time frame will not be met and that it cannot be confirmed when it will take place. My question is: when will the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs meet urgently with the federal Minister for Indigenous Health to address the fact that Yalata is not being included in this rollout of Opal fuel?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (15:10): I thank the honourable member for his most important question and will be happy to refer this matter to the appropriate minister in another place and bring back a response.

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