Primary Industries, Forest Industries and Regional Development minister Clare Scriven joins FlowFM from Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula where the third Community Cabinet meeting in regional SA in less than a year is occurring to talk about a new regional housing initiative. With regional labour in short supply, South East SA based Minister Scriven describes how the housing initiative is targeted at first at essential workers like health, police and other emergency services staff but a new Office for Regional Housing will be established within Renewal SA to work with the local government sector on bringing more land to market for housing. We also discuss the resumption of community cabinets in the regions that ceased under the Marshall Liberal government and the value of ministers and departmental heads hearing first-hand from locals and their representatives on the issues that matter to them.

Those wanting to reach out from regional SA to engage with the new office for regional housing within Renewal SA can do so at http://officeregionalhousing.sa.gov.au