Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1) 53 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Government Boards and Committees Government Boards and Committees The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Government Boards and Committees The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): By way of further supplementary, what criteria has the minister set as being the ones that the boards for which you are responsible must fulfil in order to maintain their existence? The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Government Boards and Committees The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:24): I have not dictated any terms to the boards or committees. I have asked them for their advice, I have not sought to constrain it. I have given some examples, however, about what sort of considerations they might take into account—for example, efficiency of service delivery, efficiency of advice to government or, alternatively, a need or otherwise for independence from a minister.