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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2022-07-07 Daily Xml
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Coastal Management

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:31): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking questions of the Attorney-General regarding coastal management.

Leave granted.

Labor's election policy document entitled 'Adelaide's Coastline' included a commitment to:

Establish a scientific review of all options for sand management which will include full community input and transparency and analysis of climate change impact…

In parliament on Tuesday 5 July, the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, in a response to a question in the other place regarding the government's commitment to establishing a scientific review, stated:

The minister who will be taking the responsibility for the review of the question of whether the pipeline is the best way to manage sand along the coastline has now been identified. By virtue of having a conflict of interest, I don't know what discussion has happened between the department and Minister Maher, who is the minister in the other place who has that responsibility. I don't know what discussions have happened in terms of setting up the review.

My questions to the Attorney-General are:

1. Have the terms of the review been set?

2. Will the terms of the review be publicly available?

3. Who will conduct the review?

4. Will the review include the option for groynes?

5. Will the review include the option for a sand recycling pipeline?

6. When will the review commence?

7. When is the review expected to be completed?

8. Will the Attorney commit to the review being made public?

9. Will the Attorney commit to the government's response to the review being made public?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:33): I thank the honourable member for her questions. The Deputy Premier, as Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, has portfolio responsibility for Adelaide beach management review. As has been outlined, the Deputy Premier has declared a conflict of interest on this matter and the Premier has appointed me as the responsible minister in relation to this review. The Premier has also directed the Chief Executive of the Department for Environment and Water to take direction from, and report to, me in relation to this matter.

In the coming weeks, I expect to be briefed on further detail about this matter, having just had that instrument to appoint me. Where decisions are required on this matter, I will seek advice from the Department for Environment and Water and make decisions in line with the delegation I have received from the Premier. In relation to the specific questions about a review yet, they will be announced in due course in the coming weeks.

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