SALINITY —
MANAGEMENT
916. Hon DIANE EVERS to the Minister for Agriculture and Food:
I refer to recommendations 1(a) to
(f) from the Office of the Auditor General's eighth report, ''Management
of Salinity'', which are to be completed by December 2018.
(1) Will all the
recommendations be implemented?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) If yes to
(1), will they all be implemented by December 2018?
(4) If no to (3),
which recommendations will be implemented, and what progress has been made on
each recommendation that the government intends to implement?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. On behalf of the Minister for Agriculture and Food,
I provide the following answer.
(1) These are
complex matters and the recommendations are being worked through in a considered
manner.
(2) Not
applicable.
(3) No.
(4) A report will
be submitted to Parliament before the end of this term.