House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Feral Pest Infestation Feral Pest Infestation In reply to Mr WHETSTONE House of Assembly Chaffey Feral Pest Infestation In reply to Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (1 August 2016). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. I.K. HUNTER House of Assembly Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change): The Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation has received the following advice: I am advised that regional natural resources management (NRM) boards, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), invested approximately $9.5 million in feral animal and plant control activities in 2015–16. Of this, approximately $5.5 million was invested in pest animal control activities and $4 million was invested in pest plant control activities across South Australia. An indication of the amount invested in animal and plant control in each region for 2015–16 is presented in Table 1. Table 1: Indicative amounts invested in each region for animal and plant control activities over 2015-16. NRM Region Pest Animal Control2015-16 Pest Plant Control2015-16 Total Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges $2,458,907 $91,227 $2,550,134 SA Murray-Darling Basin Region $765,660 $856,000 $1,621,660 South East $1,152,500 $1,574,500 $2,727,000 Eyre Peninsula $292,000 $292,500 $584,500 Northern and Yorke $32,928 $8,331 $41,259 SA Arid Lands $507,900 $319,920 $827,820 Kangaroo Island $217,475 724,000 $941,475 Alinytjara Wilurara $60,000 $165,415 $225,415 Total $5,487,370 $4,031,893 $9,519,263