Ministerial Statement

SA LOTTERIES

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Sector) (17:54): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement.

Leave granted.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: Today in question time I was asked by the member for Adelaide what she described as a supplementary question. This followed her previous question that dealt with the issue of online gambling. Because of her inference that this was a supplementary question and the acoustics of this chamber differing somewhat from those in the House of Assembly, I misunderstood the question.

What the member for Adelaide asked was not in fact a supplementary question relating to online gambling but, rather, a question about the consultation process in relation to the sub-licensing of SA Lotteries. The answer I gave related to the consultation process that occurred in relation to online gambling. Matters relating to the sublicensing of SA Lotteries are the responsibility of the Treasurer. I have referred the question to the Treasurer.

[Sitting suspended from 17:55 to 19:01]