SA Pastoral Board thrown lifeline

Carla Wiese-Smith
Updated September 22 2015 - 3:47pm, first published April 2 2015 - 4:00am
Member for Stuart Dan van Holst Pellekaan has welcomed amendments to the government's boards and committees reform which sees the Pastoral Board retained.
Member for Stuart Dan van Holst Pellekaan has welcomed amendments to the government's boards and committees reform which sees the Pastoral Board retained.

THE Pastoral Board has been thrown a lifeline and looks set to be saved from the scrapheap after the Lower House successfully passed amendments to the Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees - Abolition and Reform) Bill last week - but it may need to make some improvements to its operation in order to appease its supporters and constituents.

Carla Wiese-Smith

Editor of SmartFarmer magazine.

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