Parliamentary Committees

Economic and Finance Committee: Annual Report 2016-17

Debate resumed.

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (11:27): I also rise to make a few brief comments in regard to the annual report for the Economic and Finance Committee 2016-17. I would like to echo many of the comments from the Chair, the member for Little Para. I think it has been a very productive committee; at times, it is partisan. If you look at the membership of the committee, you can probably see why some of the debates around the table were quite partisan, but it is a very experienced committee and a very important committee of the parliament.

I reflect on the former member for Davenport Iain Evans, who served for many years in this place. He ensured that the Economic and Finance Committee is the committee that overlooks and reviews the ESL regime in South Australia and ensured that that report is tabled to the committee every year. I think it gives an opportunity for the parliament, through the committee process, to look at its reporting obligations. In that regard, the sport and recreation fund is another ongoing fund that has to report to the committee. As the member for Little Para said, we have just finished the primary producers report, which will be tabled in a couple of weeks.

To that end, I also give credit to our executive officer of the committee, Lisa Baxter, as well as Peta Spyrou for their work on that committee. It is a very enjoyable committee and a very important one of the parliament. I hope that in next year's parliament—and no disrespect to the current Presiding Member—this committee has a new presiding member and that we will see a change in the composition of the committee. I thank everyone involved on the committee for the past 12 months.

Mr ODENWALDER (Little Para) (11:29): I, again, move that the report be noted.

Motion carried.