Legislative Council Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Parliamentary Committees Parliamentary Committees Natural Resources Committee: Upper South-East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Act Report NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: UPPER SOUTH-EAST DRYLAND SALINITY AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT ACT REPORT Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. R.P. Wortley: That the 46^th report of the Natural Resources Committee be noted. (Continued from 23 February 2011.) The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (17:16): I rise to speak very briefly about this report. This was a report of the Natural Resources Committee that was completed by the previous committee and the report was brought down under the auspices of the current committee. Mr Acting President, you will understand that the election period and the changeover in staff caused that to happen. I was not a member of the committee during the time that this report was done, but I do understand that the committee spent some time examining the area. I think it is relevant to say that we are keen, as a new committee, to do more work and get to understand the enormous complexity of the drainage system in that area and its relative importance to the communities that make up that part of South Australia. I do not intend to say a great deal more, other than that I would refer members and readers of Hansard to the comments made by the Member for MacKillop in the House of Assembly Hansard on 23 February 2011 at page 2,572. Anybody who wants to know a bit more about the network of drains in the Upper South-East would be well advised to read the comments of the member for MacKillop, who I think has probably forgotten more about that aspect of South Australia than most of us will ever know. I refer members to his contribution on that day, because it does give a quite comprehensive coverage of the need for and the impact of those drains. In saying that, I commend the motion to the council. Motion carried.