Regional Development Fund

Mr BELL (Mount Gambier) (14:40): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. Can the minister confirm that there will be no round 4 of the RDF funds, and how is this being communicated to regional applicants?

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome—Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Local Government) (14:41): If the member can recall, the same question was asked in the estimates and I gave him the answer then. The Regional Development Fund No. 3 has been overwhelmingly oversubscribed, and I then allocated money out of the 2017-18 budget for that there. From memory, my discussion with the member in estimates—and I will stand corrected on this—through the regional managers out there and RDAs, they are still negotiating with those people out there and are quite happy to receive any applications through the regional development managers, out through the RDAs.