The Commission commenced this work in December 2004, and expects to complete its review in mid 2005. 5 C) 0 0 n n 0 a 0 a C 0 o C C) o 0 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 U 0 0 0 0 0 0 U c U Final Report Inquiry into Retail Electricity Price Path PART A: INQUIRY APPROACH 7 0000000000000000000000000000000000 Final Report 0 Inquiry into Retail Electricity Price Path fl 1 BACKGROUND TO INQUIRY C) 1.1 Competition and Retail Pricing On 1 January 2003, the South Australian retail electricity market became fully contestable.

The transcript of these proceedings will be available to the public once you have had the opportunity to ensure that they are factually correct; and, as you know, today's hearing is in relation to fracking (unconventional gas inquiry).

Today's hearing, as you know, is in relation to the fracking and unconventional gas inquiry.

As you know today's hearing—this part of the hearing at least—is our committee's inquiry into unconventional gas, fracking, in the South-East.

Parliament of South Australia Natural Resource Committee Inquiry into Unconventional Gas (Fracking) Peter Bissell – Chairman Stuart Sharman – USG Sub committee Limestone Coast Grape and Wine Council LCGWC Key Stats Established 1974 250 growers 15700 Hectares 25 wineries Funded by member levies Key council priories 1.

SUBMISSION INTO THE INQUIRY INTO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

to inquire into and report on -
(a) The legality and appropriateness of the decision of the Minister for State/Local
Government Relations to terminate the inquiry pursuant to section 272 of the
Local Government Act 1999 into the City of Burnside, and to ascertain -
i. the likely duration and costs of proceeding with the inquiry to the
completion of a final report by the investigator;
ii. the likely duration and costs of proceeding with the inquiry to the
completion of a final report by the Ombudsman;
iii. the likely duration and costs of proceeding with the inquiry to the
completion of a final report by a Select Committee of the Legislative
Council;
iv. any legal impediments to the finalisation of the investigation; and
v. the authority to which to refer any allegations of criminal conduct; and
(b) Any other relevant matter.

THE INQUIRY INTO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

The motion for this Committee Inquiry into the EPA was moved in the Legislative Council, by the Honourable JMA Lensink MLC, on 23 March 2011.

This period has been an especially busy one for the Natural Resources Committee in part due to the committee's undertaking the inquiry into fracking/unconventional gas extraction and also its oversight role with regard to the state's eight NRM boards.