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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Adelaide Beach Management Review

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:33): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Attorney-General as the minister responsible for the Beach Management Review.

Leave granted.

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI: Previously in this place, the Attorney was asked questions by the Hon. Frank Pangallo about the investigative report on mortalities in finfish and shellfish hatcheries at the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre. When questioned about missing data in the report, the Attorney stated, and I quote:

I am advised that during the dredging operation, water quality monitoring was undertaken by the EPA and DEW in accordance with approved dredge management plans. I am also advised that at no time during the operation did this monitoring identify any anomalies in the water based on EPA benchmarks.

Section 2.3.5 of the Dredge Management Plan outlines the commitment to monitoring water quality as follows:

In the event of failure of the monitoring equipment during dredging, the following will be undertaken…

The plan then specifies measures that will be taken to preserve the safety and integrity of the dredging process. Sonde 433 was being used to monitor water quality during the trial, which failed, and the failure went undetected for 22 days. The opposition is not aware of any secondary mechanism for monitoring the dredging trial. If there was, then that data should have been part of the water quality data compiled in the SARDI report. My questions to the Attorney are:

1. Has the Attorney read the Dredge Management Plan that was approved by the EPA?

2. Has the Attorney read the investigative report on mortalities in finfish and shellfish hatcheries at the South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre and, if not, why not, given he is the minister responsible for the dredging trial conducted as part of the Beach Management Review?

3. If indeed he has read the report, does the Attorney still stand by his statement that water quality monitoring was undertaken by the EPA and DEW in accordance with the approved dredge management plans?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:35): I thank the honourable member for her questions. I have read a large number of reports and information in relation to dredging and dredging operations. My advice is it has been done in accordance with the dredge management plans, but I am happy to take on the specifics of the question and bring back a reply.

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