❓ Following a change in government, the Minister for Agriculture outlines changes to the Department of Agriculture, including the integration of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation. A ministerial position dedicated to salinity was created, shifting some funding to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage.
AnsweredQoN 557Legislative Council
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Following the change in Government, will the Minister for Agriculture please make a comprehensive explanation to the House about what responsibilities the Department of Agriculture - previously known as Agriculture WA - will acquire, or will have removed from it, under this Government? Hon KIM CHANCE
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This is a rare occasion; this is one to write in the books. I have been asked by a member of the Opposition to make a comprehensive statement! The member may be disappointed in my comprehensive statement, because it is quite short, but I savour the moment. As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: This is a rare occasion; this is one to write in the books. I have been asked by a member of the Opposition to make a comprehensive statement! The member may be disappointed in my comprehensive statement, because it is quite short, but I savour the moment. As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
This is a rare occasion; this is one to write in the books. I have been asked by a member of the Opposition to make a comprehensive statement! The member may be disappointed in my comprehensive statement, because it is quite short, but I savour the moment. As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: This is a rare occasion; this is one to write in the books. I have been asked by a member of the Opposition to make a comprehensive statement! The member may be disappointed in my comprehensive statement, because it is quite short, but I savour the moment. As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
This is a rare occasion; this is one to write in the books. I have been asked by a member of the Opposition to make a comprehensive statement! The member may be disappointed in my comprehensive statement, because it is quite short, but I savour the moment. As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
As recommended under the machinery of government review, the Department of Agriculture has integrated the functions of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Rural Business Development Corporation into its functions. No responsibilities have been removed, although the Government has honoured its promise to create a ministerial position dedicated to salinity. The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has this role. Arising from this change in direction, some of the Government’s allocation of new salinity funding is now directed through that minister’s portfolios.
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