House of Assembly: Thursday, March 29, 2012

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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (14:57): As the shadow minister for women, congratulations, also, on that acknowledgement. My question is to the Minister for the Arts. Minister, the annual report of the South Australian Film Corporation for the year ending 30 June 2011, which you tabled today and which is marked 'Parliamentary Version', is that the same annual report that was leaked to The Australian yesterday and published in The Australian as having been received by The Australian and, if not, will you explain what difference there is? Secondly, will you identify if the report that was leaked to The Australian identified the operational deficit for the year to date, on page 47, as $39,397?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts) (14:58): You would have to ask The Australian what copy they have got and whether it compares to the one I have got. I imagine it is the same. I do not think it was actually leaked. It was given by one of our very helpful staff, so I do not think that is really in the category of 'leak'. It is probably in the category of mistakenly given rather than leaked to The Australian, but I have not checked the two.

Mrs Redmond interjecting:

The Hon. J.D. HILL: I would explain to the leader, who interjected why haven't I given it: because it had not at that stage been agreed to by the board of the SA Film Corporation and, after they had tabled it, it was not sent to me. Now that it has been agreed to by them, it was sent to me, and, as soon as I received it, I tabled it.