Drought Concessional Loans

Mr BELL (Mount Gambier) (14:38): Supplementary, sir?

The SPEAKER: No, we have run out of supplementaries, it will just have to be a fresh question.

Mr BELL: My question is to the Minister for Agriculture as well. Just to be clear, minister, are you going to extend the deadline or are we going to lose $35 million for the farmers of South Australia?

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport, Minister for Racing) (14:38): I thank the member for Mount Gambier for the question. The money is not ours. The program is not ours. We administer it. If there is to be an extension it needs to come from the federal government. They have extended it to 30 June.