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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Question Time

SA Water

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 and the River Murray a question regarding SA Water's maintenance schedule.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Last week, when the Premier was asked in the other place whether he would direct this minister to release the maintenance schedule for the last five years and also for the next five years, he replied: 'If it is proper material to be put in the public sphere I am more than happy to ask the minister to supply it.' My questions are:

1. Has the minister had a discussion with the Premier regarding the maintenance schedule?

2. Will the minister now release that schedule?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:21): I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. He might be the leader of the government one day, in 2036, perhaps, if he is still here, but it is a very long bow to draw.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Allow the minister to answer the question.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: They are a little agitated today, sir. I understand that the member for Unley has been out and about calling for things to be released. I don't know that he has actually written to me and asked for that information. You would think that would be his first port of call, wouldn't you? That would be a reasonable assumption on my part, but perhaps that is going a little bit too far in terms of being rational.

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: You're old fashioned.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Indeed, I am very old fashioned. In this place, I would have thought that if you want an answer to a question you actually ask the responsible minister. However, as I say, I am not quite sure that the Hon.—he is not honourable yet, is he, if he ever will be—Mr Pisoni, the member for Unley, in the other place has actually approached me and asked for that information.

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Just answer the question, minister.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: The Hon. Michelle Lensink says he should get the answer through some mental approach without having to ask the question in the first place of me.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Telepathically, minister.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Yes, well I am surprised that they believe in that sort of stuff across the chamber.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: They don't believe in climate change, but they believe in telepathy.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: As my leader notes, they don't believe in climate change over there in the Liberal Party, but they believe in mental telepathy. I am very grateful to the leader for raising this in this place. If he is requesting such information from me, which I suspect he is, I will undertake to look at that information and release what I can for him.

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