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Environment Protection Bilateral Agreement

In reply to the Hon. M.C. PARNELL (3 July 2014).

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers): The Premier has advised:

The commonwealth public commenting period on the draft assessment bilateral agreement, in which all stakeholder groups were able to participate, closed on 17 March 2014.

As a part of that consultation, officers of the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources met with representatives of the following groups on 10 February 2014:

Conservation Council of SA

Environmental Defenders Office SA

Nature Conservation Society of South Australia

The Wilderness Society.