The Economic Development Board was an independent advisory body to the

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focused on economic development issues in

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. It was established by the

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in 2002 and concluded with the first budget of the Marshall Government in 2018.

History

The EDB spanned the terms of two Labor Premiers, Rann (2002-2011) and Weatherill (2011-2017). It was formed by then-premier

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to improve SA's business outlook, and was considered to be the state’s "highest-powered" advisory group. The board received an "overhaul" in May 2014, with the replacement of half of its twelve-person membership. Then-current Chair, Raymond Spencer, described one aspect of the reshuffle as creating "a direct linkage into the Premier which will ensure our work can be accelerated and prioritised." Premier Jay Weatherill once commended the board for "supporting South Australia’s growth sectors - specifically

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, education and agricultural areas." Following the election of a Liberal government in March 2018, Treasurer

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defunded and disbanded the board with the government's first budget. Former EDB member Tanya Monro was reengaged as a member of the newly-formed Premier's Economic Advisory Council, along with new members: Jacqui McGill, Nick Reade, Geoff Rohrsheim, Bill Spurr AO and Christine Zeitz.

Membership

At 6 February 2017, the membership of the board was composed of: * Raymond Spencer, Chair * David Knox, Deputy Chair * Terry Burgess * Sue Chase * David Garrard * Jodi Glass * Lily Jacobs * The Hon. Rob Kerin * Professor David Lloyd * Professor Tanya Monro * Julianne Parkinson, Executive Director, Office of the Economic Development Board * Dr

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* Professor Göran Roos * Darren Thomas * Dr Mike Rungie * Dr

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(ex-officio member)

Former members

Former members of the EDB include: *

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*John Bastian *Grant Belchamber *Monsignor David Cappo AO (ex-officio) * Bruce Carter *

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(chair) * Rob Chapman (Deputy Chair) *Maurice Crotti *

Tim Flannery Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, Conservation biology, conservationist, Exploration, explorer, author, Science communication, science communicator, activist and p ...

* Andrew Fletcher *Dr

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*Jim Hallion (ex-officio){{Cite book, title = Annual Report 2012-2013, publisher = Department of the Premier & Cabinet, Government of South Australia, year = 2013, location = Adelaide, South Australia, pages = 122, issn = 0816-0813, url = http://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubimages/documents/annual-reports/AR-DPC_2012-13.pdf, access-date = 2015-06-09, archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150310151816/http://dpc.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/pubimages/documents/annual-reports/AR-DPC_2012-13.pdf, archive-date = 2015-03-10, url-status = dead * Hon

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AC (Honorary member) * Caroline Hewson * Michael Hickinbotham *

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* Dr Michael Keating * Justin Milne * The Rt Hon Mike Moore * Corrine Namblard * Dr Helen Nugent AO * Kevin Osborn * Professor

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* Fiona Roche * David Simmons * Peter Wylie * Bill Wood * Lance Worrall (ex-officio)

References

External links

Economic Development Board
Economic development organizations Economic history of South Australia Government agencies of South Australia Advisory boards of the Government of South Australia