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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-11-25T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Commercial Fisher Licence Fees</name>
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          <heading>Commercial Fisher Licence Fees</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="7056" referenceid="8dfae82e584e4ef8b03b5e315458492b" uid="a751ddc0f910447a94ebabbad7977153" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. B.R. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-11-25T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Commercial Fisher Licence Fees</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-11-26T00:00:00+10:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="7056" referenceid="8dfae82e584e4ef8b03b5e315458492b" uid="a751ddc0f910447a94ebabbad7977153">the Hon. B.R. HOOD </by>().17 September 2025).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="f104653681b347039ba22c71514ccf77" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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          <question date="2025-11-25T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Commercial Fisher Licence Fees</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="f104653681b347039ba22c71514ccf77">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>PIRSA has issued notices to all relevant lease and licence holders, and to sector representatives, outlining how to apply for fee relief and providing information on other government support measures.</inserted>
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          <inserted>The email and attached invoice referenced formed part of a routine quarterly mail-out that reminds fisheries and aquaculture lease and licence holders of upcoming instalments.</inserted>
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        <text id="20251125a8dbe27edb5e4a0290001720">
          <inserted>This process is administered by Shared Services SA, which manages the state's whole-of-government financial systems.</inserted>
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        <text id="20251125a8dbe27edb5e4a0290001721">
          <inserted>On 18 September 2025, PIRSA sent a notice to fishers to all lease and licence holders to inform them of the continued fee relief process for quarter 1 of the 2025-26 financial year, July to September 2025. </inserted>
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          <inserted>This letter reiterated to commercial fishers and aquaculture operators to apply for fee relief through their relevant industry association or directly to PIRSA. The letter also advised that if any lease or licences holders have been approved for one of the support grants available through the Department of State Development, PIRSA will process fee relief for the respective impacted quarter.</inserted>
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