REGIONAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:02): I have a supplementary question.

The SPEAKER: A supplementary! But wait, there's more.

The Hon. I.F. EVANS: I just want to ask a supplementary of the minister. For those grants approved for festivals in his own electorate, did the minister approve them or did he declare a conflict of interest and ask another minister to consider those applications, as he does with sports grants?

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport) (15:02): These were approved by the South Australian Tourism Commission and passed on to me. I had no influence at all in any of these grants, particularly the ones in my area.