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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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South Coast Algal Bloom

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:32): Supplementary: can the minister, given she was on radio recently suggesting that recent weather may dissipate the algal bloom, inform the chamber who gave her that specific advice?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:32): If the honourable member had listened to the full interview—because I think she is referring to the one on Nikolai Beilharz's show yesterday afternoon—I was actually at the Royal Adelaide Show in person giving that interview to him and he asked a question and I outlined three different scenarios. One was that obviously we would hope that the recent weather, which has been rougher and with more rain, may help to dissipate the bloom. The second possibility is that it continues into spring and summer. The third is that it might dissipate somewhat and then return.

Those are the three alternatives, any of which may come to fruition. Our government has been very clear that we are working on plans for each of those scenarios. Obviously, we would all hope that the harmful algal bloom will dissipate. That will obviously be the best outcome, but it's not something that we can make happen. We would hope for that, but we are aware that there are other scenarios and we are planning for each of those scenarios.

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