RIVERLAND SUSTAINABLE FUTURES FUND

The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (14:36): By way of further supplementary, is it true that no initial applications to the fund have been accepted since 30 April this year, with full details of those proposals to be supplied no later than 22 June this year?

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) (14:36): I do not carry around the dates in my head. I have been very clear about the process for the remaining funds. All that information is on the website and it is all very transparent.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I have just said that I do not carry around those dates in my head—they are operational matters—but it is all out there. It is public knowledge. There was a process of expressions of interest that went out, and they were then shortlisted and those applicants were then advised. Those applicants who had suitable proposals were then invited to work up the details to their grant proposals and to submit them. That is what is being gone through at the moment. For some of them, further detail was needed, and some agencies have gone back and requested some of that information, so those matters are in the process of being finalised.