Legislative Council Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Australian Year of the Farmer AUSTRALIAN YEAR OF THE FARMER The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council AUSTRALIAN YEAR OF THE FARMER The Hon. J.A. DARLEY (14:44): I have a supplementary question. Is the minister aware that there has been a property coding system available in South Australia since 1968 that would have avoided the necessity of spending additional money? The Hon. G.E. GAGO Legislative Council Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women AUSTRALIAN YEAR OF THE FARMER The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (14:44): I have already spoken at some length about PICs in this place yesterday and indicated that it is in our interests to pursue, as closely as possible, a nationally-consistent approach. Some of the problems in the past have been not only that different states have been doing different things but different parts of the primary industry sector were doing different things again. So, we have this sort of patchwork-quilt approach. It is time we did something far more sophisticated than that. Our animals do move across borders and it is most important that we are able to trace and place livestock right throughout our nation.