Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Sheep and Goat Electronic Identification Sheep and Goat Electronic Identification The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition Sheep and Goat Electronic Identification The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): Further supplementary: how can producers currently purchase these subsidised tags? The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries Sheep and Goat Electronic Identification The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:40): They will be able to purchase the subsidised tags from 1 July, is the intent. However, I also announced that those who had already purchased tags from 1 January this year for this year's lambing season would receive a subsidy—in a way, a retrospective subsidy from 1 January this year. There have been a number of producers who have been very forward thinking, who have been early adopters for electronic ID, in addition to those who have perhaps been using eID for a number of years for productivity purposes. I did announce in the package last week that that would include a subsidy for those who had already purchased. In terms of the mechanisms to do so, we are working through that with the department, and I will be able to make information very soon— The Hon. N.J. Centofanti interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister for Forest Industries The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Are you finished? Thank you. We will be able to advise of the administrative arrangements in due course.