Legislative Council Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Agricultural Research and Development AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:37): Supplementary question: part of the South Australian commitment to the National Primary Industries Research Development and Extension Framework was an undertaking given not to reduce the effort in research or the assets for research. The Hon. G.E. GAGO Legislative Council Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:37): What are you talking about? The Hon. D.W. Ridgway Legislative Council The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: When you signed up for it when you were in government. The Hon. G.E. GAGO Legislative Council The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I would need to take that on notice and bring back a response but, as I have said, our effort indeed continues. We remain active in research. We remain active in world-leading and cutting-edge research. As I said, we have remained very active in that space. What we have done is change the way we are engaging in research and we are involved in much more elaborate partnerships and collaborations with other sectors and other parts of the industry, which is how it should be. That is a smart way to do research.