Legislative Council: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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Eyre Peninsula Country Cabinet

The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:46): Further supplementary: if the issue of cost recovery was amongst the issues canvassed at those meetings, what updates can the minister provide us in relation to those discussions?

The Hon. C.M. Scriven: It wasn't from the original answer.

The PRESIDENT: You did talk about meeting with—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:47): Yes, in terms of the meeting, I was pleased to have the opportunity to meet with a number of executive officers from a wide range of seafood sectors. The meeting was also attended by Minister Michaels in her capacity as Minister for Small and Family Business, and it was an opportunity, among other things, for the sectors to discuss cost recovery. I noted the sector's willingness to work with government on the road map for implementation of the accepted recommendations from the cost-recovery review. That is something that will be ongoing work, and formed part of our conversations.