Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-05-07 Daily Xml

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Question Time

Member for Frome, Government Agreement

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:20): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Water a question about the 'Brockument'.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Tabled yesterday in this chamber was the agreement between the Premier, the government and the member for Frome, which we refer to on this side of the chamber as the 'Brockument', and I have read it. We were provided with a copy early in the piece. I think the Premier and the member for Frome released a copy very soon after the negotiations were complete.

I refer to the letter signed by the Premier, where he details a whole range of commitments that the government is prepared to make to the member for Frome and, in particular, point 4 of this letter states:

The Labor Party will commit to support the following projects which have been identified by communities in the electorate of Frome as significant to them.

Point 4.4 is the substance of my question, and it says that they will be:

Enhancing the water infrastructure to enable access to that infrastructure by the Port Pirie Golf Course, and assisting with irrigation improvements for the golf course to ensure more sustainable water use.

My questions to the minister are:

1. What enhancements are required for that access to be granted?

2. What is the time frame for delivering those enhancements?

3. What is the cost of those enhancements?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:21): I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for his most important questions. I can advise that, having received the document, I have tasked my department to report back to me on the information that will be required to answer those questions, and I will bring a response back to the chamber when I have those answers.