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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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South Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:32): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Primary Industries on the updated version of the South Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program that was tabled in this place yesterday.

Leave granted.

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI: The original version of the South Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program, which was tabled in this place by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs on 19 August, detailed that on 24 March there were Karenia mikimotoi cell counts of 140,000 cells per litre at Boatswain Point in the South-East. Yesterday, the updated document tabled stated that it was, and I quote, 'correcting an administrative error relating to the recording of Karenia mikimotoi counts'. This error, according to the tabled document, was due to human error in the collation and recording of the testing data. My questions to the minister are:

1. Who within PIRSA or SASQAP was responsible for collating and verifying the original results and what accountability measures will be taken for this error?

2. Given the seriousness of Karenia mikimotoi blooms, what risk assessments were undertaken to ensure that this administrative error did not impact shellfish safety, aquaculture viability or consumer confidence?

3. How can South Australians have confidence in the accuracy of the South Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program testing results when such a significant error, recording 140,000 cells per litre instead of zero, was only corrected months later, after it was brought to the attention of the minister?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:34): I thank the honourable member for her question. I think pretty much all the information was in the document that was tabled yesterday. There was an error in terms of the location of one of the samples and the counts, and that was corrected as soon as it was brought to the department's attention. All of the other entries were then double-checked and were found to be accurate.

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