Pastoral Board

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Final supplementary: does the minister believe that the presiding member on the board should be a pastoralist?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:26): It is always an interesting question, when it comes to a presiding member or chair of a committee and so on, whether the most important aspect is their particular experience or expertise on the subject matter or whether it is around, for example, governance—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —and strategic direction and various other expertise. I think it's not a matter of, 'It must be this or it must be that,' it's a matter of the appropriate expertise for the specific position under consideration.