Page 4822 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 11 November 2009
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If the question is whether this costing is reasonable and fair for the dam, which is essentially the question that is being asked here, our advice is, yes, it is. I am also pleased to inform the Assembly that, while the opposition continue to play politics with the enlarged Cotter Dam, to no-one’s benefit, it appears, and to no-one’s interest, it would appear, that work on the Cotter Dam commenced yesterday.
Mr Seselja: So you are not going to answer the question, Katy.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MS GALLAGHER: There will be a significant amount of work done—well, I think it is important for the Assembly to understand that the dam project has started. No doubt, the Liberals will continue to whine and whinge and be irrelevant on the side.
Mr Hanson: A point of order on relevance. She has clearly failed to answer the question. The question was very specific and was about the Deloitte comment and whether it presented a strong value-for-money focus or not. Matters about the dam starting and about the other matter she has raised clearly are irrelevant.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, there is no point of order. You will have up to three supplementary questions shortly to follow up on the Treasurer. Treasurer, do you wish to continue?
Ms Gallagher: I have finished, yes.
MR SPEAKER: Mrs Dunne, a supplementary question?
MRS DUNNE: Yes, thank you, Mr Speaker. Minister, do you agree with the Deloitte assessment that the non-owner partners of the alliance did not have a strong value-for-money focus in designing and developing the TOC?
MS GALLAGHER: I welcome the Deloitte analysis. I think it was fantastic that Actew commissioned it. We were supportive of Actew commissioning it—precisely to ensure that the costs of the dam were being examined thoroughly and that this was a reasonable and fair price to pay for a dam of this size. I welcomed the work, and the work has been used in finalising the brief to shareholders about the total costs of the dam.
MR SPEAKER: A supplementary question, Mr Seselja?
MR SESELJA: Treasurer, given that an independent review commissioned by Actew has made this comment, what evidence provides you with certainty that the non-owner members of the Bulk Water Alliance have a value-for-money focus?
Ms GALLAGHER: The shareholders have been given that assurance by Actew Corporation, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Ms Porter, a supplementary question?
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