The Malinauskas government announced on Wednesday that former Liberal MP for Flinders Peter Treloar is the new presiding member of the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board. It's a return to what was called a Natural Resources Management Board when Mr Treloar was previously involved.

We also speak with the EP farmer about the closing stages imminent of his role appointed by the former Liberal government chairing a site selection committee to determine where a new desalination plant might be placed on the lower Eyre Peninsula for water security. We discuss the possibilities of water security via desalination on the West Coast at places like Ceduna and Elliston, but the potentially prohibitive construction and piping costs.