Legislative Council Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2) 51 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Regional Development Boards REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOARDS The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOARDS In reply to the Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (23 October 2007). The Hon. G.E. GAGO Legislative Council Minister for Environment and Conservation Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister Assisting the Minister for Health REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOARDS The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health): The Minister for Regional Development has provided the following information: 1.	A Ministerial Advisory group, with representatives of the Local Government Association (LGA) and the State Government, was set up to look at the partnership arrangements for Regional Development Boards. It has re-affirmed a series of principles to underlie the operation of the partnership in the next period, including continuation of the funding formula in which the State Government provides three quarters and Local Government provides a quarter, of the core funding for the Regional Development Boards. 2.	Consistent with Minister Maywald's statement in Estimates Committee A, a draft new agreement was forwarded in late October to Regional Development SA (RDSA) and the Local Government Association (LGA) for consideration.