Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-04-09 Daily Xml

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DESALINATION PLANT

The Hon. M. PARNELL (15:22): I have a supplementary question. Will the minister—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. Mr Parnell has a supplementary.

The Hon. M. PARNELL: Thank you, Mr President. Will the minister ensure that the environmental monitoring data collected by the operators of the desalination plant, pursuant to their EPA licence, will be made public, or does the minister support keeping that important data off the public register?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (15:23): The honourable member is off on a fantasy trip once again. As I understand it, the data collected by the company contracted to do that work is collected every 10 minutes in real time and, as I also understand it, is updated to the EPA and SA Water websites.