POINT STURT PIPELINE: AT LONG LAST!

I welcome the Federal Government’s announcement that the water security of the Point Sturt community will finally be funded.

Along with the Shadow Minister for Water, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, I have continually called on the Rudd Government to provide urgent assistance to the residents of Point Sturt by funding a spur pipeline from the existing Milang-Clayton pipeline.

Faced with severe water shortages, residents on the Point Sturt Peninsula have lived in uncertainty with pleads to the Rann State Government for the construction of a pipeline falling on deaf ears.

I am therefore extremely pleased to learn that after months of lobbying, the Federal Government has finally recognised the plight of local residents and has announced it will provide mains water to the region.

After months of speculation and confusion however, the besieged residents of Hindmarsh Island and Point Sturt deserved better. Residents have already sustained enormous loss and this assistance should have been received months earlier.

I will continue to advocate on the issue to ensure the pipeline is completed urgently and that a well-deserved outcome for the community is received.