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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2016-09-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000944">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Natural Resources Management Levy</name>
      <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000945">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Natural Resources Management Levy</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="3118" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Goyder</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-09-28">
            <name>Natural Resources Management Levy</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000946">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3118">Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder)</by> (18 May 2016).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3533" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.G. BROCK</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Frome</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Regional Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Local Government</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-09-28">
            <name>Natural Resources Management Levy</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000947">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="3533">The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government):</by>  The Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation has advised: </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000948">
          <inserted>Natural Resources, Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges (AMLR) received a letter from the Town of Walkerville following consultation on the AMLR Natural Resources Management (NRM) Board's Business and Operational Plan. The AMLR NRM Board's Presiding Member, Professor Chris Daniels, responded to the Town of Walkerville and outlined the strategies that had been adopted by the board to raise additional income to meet a range of increased costs.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000949">
          <inserted>After community and stakeholder consultation on the AMLR NRM Board's business plan, the board drew on feedback to reprioritise work programmes and projects. This has allowed the increase to the AMLR land levy to be limited to only 6 per cent, which equates to a rise of only one dollar on average for the majority of the community.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000950">
          <inserted>Professor Daniels also reminded the Town of Walkerville that they are able to recover the costs of levy collection, and offered the Regional Director to meet with representatives of the Town of Walkerville to identify, discuss and develop further partnership opportunities.</inserted>
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        <text id="201609285ce72da6149348e280000951" />
      </talker>
    </subject>
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