<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="4.0" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-11-02T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="1333" />
  <endPage num="1391" />
  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T09:37:37+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Weed Management Programs</name>
      <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000890">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Weed Management Programs</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-02T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="146">
            <name>Weed Management Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000891">
          <inserted>146 <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) </by>().28 September 2022).  </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000892">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What weed management programs are administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000893">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What is the total budget allocation for weed management programs administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-02T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="146">
            <name>Weed Management Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000894">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000895">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Weed programs administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regions</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000896">
          <inserted>The Department of Primary Industries and Regions administers several weed management programs.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000897">
          <inserted>Building back better agriculture and land management</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000898">
          <inserted>This program has a total budget of $135,000 and is funded by the South Australian and Australian governments under national disaster relief funding until December 2022.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000899">
          <inserted>Minimising losses from weeds in broadacre crops and permanent pasture</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000900">
          <inserted>This program has a total budget of $1.4 million and is funded by the South Australian government and by the Australian government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Enhancing National Pest Animal and Weed Management Federation Funding Agreement<term> </term>until June 2027.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000901">
          <inserted>Kangaroo Island Weeds After Fire Project</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000902">
          <inserted>This program has a total budget of over $1.2 million and is funded by the South Australian and Australian governments under national disaster relief funding until July 2023.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000903">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Budget allocation for weed management programs</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20221102e44dc22481d448ba80000904">
          <inserted>The Department of Primary Industries and Regions is delivering weed management programs valued at $3.2 million in 2022-23, with funding from South Australian and Australian governments.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>