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

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:42): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development on the topic of transparency and accountability in managing the algal bloom.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: On 3 June in this place, in response to a question about the algal bloom, the minister informed this council that levels of brevetoxin initially detected in Stansbury were 'below the regulatory limits'. She also went on to inform the council that brevetoxins had also been detected in shellfish from harvesting areas of Coobowie, Port Vincent and American River and within the exclusion zone and went on to note the South Australian biotoxin management plan was in place.

As a supplementary, I asked the minister specifically what brevetoxin groups and levels had been detected. That was, now, 147 days ago. I have repeated this question twice since then in this place, and we are still awaiting an answer. My question to the minister is: what specific brevetoxin groups and levels were detected at that time, 147 days after she first spoke to this council about this issue?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:43): I thank the honourable member for her question. My understanding was that questions that had been asked had been responded to. I'm happy to follow that up with my department and bring back a response.

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