House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport - Port Lincoln, SA — hearing of 26 August 2026: transcript & video · Polyfact

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House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport - Port Lincoln, SA

25 August 2026

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The committee opens the Port Lincoln hearing, sets inquiry parameters and procedures, then hears initial evidence from the Eyre Peninsula LGA and City of Port Lincoln on structural funding reform, regional hub pressures, cost shifting, climate adaptation and the role of regional collaboration and shared services.

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Opening and Port Lincoln / EPLGA evidence

15:06

Hearing opened — inquiry scope and procedures

15:06

Eyre Peninsula LGA — structural funding reforms sought

17:51

City of Port Lincoln — regional hub pressures and migration settings

21:03

Port Lincoln — cost shifting, climate adaptation and regulatory burden

25:05

Eyre Peninsula LGA — regional collaboration and shared services

28:35

Fiscal equalisation, rail closure and intergovernmental planning

30:33

Fiscal equalisation — 30% minimum grant and regional need

30:33

Rail closure impacts — freight shift to roads and safety

35:22

Three tiers of government — planning gaps and service deserts

41:08

Regulatory oversight, grant design and federal road programs

45:41

ESCOSA oversight — costs, literacy and regional context

45:41

Repeated inquiries, untied grants and competitive funding limits

53:57

Effective federal programs — LRCI, Roads to Recovery and SLRP

57:23

Competitive grants — application, design and timing costs

01:02:01

Roads to Recovery — funding adequacy and freight strain

01:05:29

Streaky Bay and Ceduna — fiscal stress, water and shared services

01:13:26

Streaky Bay & Ceduna — fiscal capacity and non‑core services

01:13:26

Compliance, cost shifting and unique Ceduna burdens

01:20:43

Water, native title and council amalgamations

01:24:27

Western Eyre councils — shared services, ESCOSA and asset life-cycle

01:37:52

Lower Eyre, Elliston and Tumby Bay — infrastructure liabilities and service gaps

02:06:56

Lower Eyre, Elliston & Tumby Bay — regional roles and structural imbalance

02:06:56

Airports, coastal erosion and basic service deficits

02:23:03

Roads to Recovery, grain freight and rating levers

02:33:24

Regulation, compliance costs and repeated advocacy

02:44:26

Kimba and Wudinna — remoteness, sustainability and workforce constraints

02:56:46

Kimba & Wudinna — remoteness classifications, health gaps and funding architecture

02:56:46

Small remote councils — ESCOSA, roads, R2R design and grants

03:10:38

Workforce and contractors — attraction, housing and service delivery

03:25:11

Whyalla and Cleve — structural model flaws, energy rating ban and closing remarks

04:26:40

Whyalla & Cleve — structural model flaws and untied funding

04:26:40

Cleve — enabling national projects without fiscal tools

04:35:25

Energy projects, electricity rating ban and airport security costs

04:45:13

State policy constraints, social licence and concluding discussion

04:56:14

House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport - Port Lincoln, SA

25 August 2026

House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport Wed, 26 Aug 2026 Australian Parliament

15:05 - 16:19

Speaker 1

I declare open this public hearing of the Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport's inquiry into local government funding and fiscal sustainability. I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we meet today, and I pay my respects to their ancestors and their elders past, present and future. I extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultural and spiritual connections to Australia's lands and waters. In accordance with the committee's resolution of 28 August 2025, this hearing will be broadcast on the Parliament's website and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the inquiry website.

I remind members of the media who may be present or listening on the web of the need to fairly and accurately report the proceedings of the committee. I now call on representatives from the Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association and the City of Port Lincoln to give evidence. For the Hansard record, would you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee.

16:19 - 16:26

Speaker 7

Thank you. Jo-Anne Quigley, Mayor of Lower Eyre Council and Vice President of the Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association.

16:26 - 16:32

Speaker 6

Darren Hunter, Executive Officer of the Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association.

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