Some people would argue that oil shale could be dumped somewhere else, but considering the volume of it, I cannot imagine 60 metre high dumps of spent shale stretching for kilometres around the area.

On the 15th of December 2006, the Premier, the Hon Mike Rann MP, announced the Government’s intention to return the SA Water Depot at Thebarton to parkland, after SA Water staff vacate the site as a result of new facilities being built at Victoria Square, and to transform the site to an urban forest.

When speaking to this motion, the Honourable Member described historical contaminated sites in South Australia, referring to the "unfortunate past practice 5 of owners of sites, including dumps, service stations, foundries, tanneries and factories.

Demographic Profile Population 2,640 Age 0-14 16.7% Age 15-24 9.7% Age 25-34 7.9% Age 35-54 29.1% Age 55-74 27.3% Age 75+ 9.4% Council Area 261,950 hectares Number of rateable properties 2,171 Site value of rateable properties $542,582,600 Roads Council 1,107 kms Transport SA 108 kms Average Rainfall 350mm Page 4 The last twelve months has seen the Tumby Bay Council and the community experience some major changes in Council staff and five new Council members.

We reflect on the Dumps Coalition and issues fought for at Dublin, where the Playford bale-fill site on Medlow Rd is a hazard, and also the old Holden site has a plume more than a kilometre long.

The cost estimate – from transport through to maintenance of the site for 100,000 years - is also simply a guess.

Some people would argue that oil shale could be dumped somewhere else, but considering the volume of it, I cannot imagine 60 metre high dumps of spent shale stretching for kilometres around the area.

Some people would argue that oil shale could be dumped somewhere else, but considering the volume of it, I cannot imagine 60 metre high dumps of spent shale stretching for kilometres around the area.