House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Natural Resources Management Boards NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARDS In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS House of Assembly Goyder NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARDS In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (2 July 2008). The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Minister for Environment and Conservation Minister for Early Childhood Development Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister Assisting the Premier in Cabinet Business and Public Sector Management NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARDS The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for Early Childhood Development, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister Assisting the Premier in Cabinet Business and Public Sector Management): I am advised that: In 2007-08 State Government recurrent funding to NRM boards was $3.668 million. An additional once only amount of $927,000 was allocated for that year from the state component of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP). NAP funding was directed to those NRM regions qualifying under NAP criteria. In 2008-09 the allocation of state recurrent funds to regional NRM boards is $3.742 million. For 2008-09, the allocation of State Government recurrent funding for distribution to NRM boards has been guided by a series of principles that were developed by the NRM Council in conjunction with the regional NRM boards. These principles are based on the relative capacity of each NRM Board to access funds to deliver regional NRM activities including the necessary administration of the NRM Act. The amounts allocated to each NRM board are presented below. Allocation of State recurrent funds to NRM boards for 2007-08 and 2008-09 NRM Region 2007-08 2008-09 ($,000) NAP($,000) ($,000) Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges 150 0 0 Alinytjara Wilurara 684 0 700 Eyre Peninsula 424 0 600 Kangaroo Island 383 337 521 Northern and Yorke 560 0 450 South Australian Arid Lands 1,100 0 1000 South Australian Murray Darling 170 422 200 South East 197 168 271 Sub Total 3,668 927 TOTAL 4,595 3,742