House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Tourism Campaign TOURISM CAMPAIGN The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: A supplementary from the member for MacKillop. Mr WILLIAMS House of Assembly MacKillop TOURISM CAMPAIGN Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop) (14:57): Thank you, sir. Can I ask the minister, given his last two answers, can he assure the house that the money used to 'buy the slots', to use his description, will be spent interstate and won't be spent here in Adelaide trying to attract people who already live here to Adelaide? The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly Mawson Minister for Tourism Minister for Recreation and Sport TOURISM CAMPAIGN The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport) (14:57): I think everyone who lives in South Australia would have seen the Kangaroo Island ad and the Barossa ad go to air. Mrs Redmond House of Assembly Mrs Redmond: So that's a no. The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: When you are doing a marketing campaign—and this is the marketing people that tell us this— Mrs Redmond House of Assembly Mrs Redmond: So that's a no; this is marketing for the election! The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: —that you do a story— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Heysen is warned for the second and final time. The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: When you run a marketing campaign, you do it interstate and you also do it locally, so you have the people of this state being aware of what is going to air interstate, but also the best sales people we have got are the people who live here in South Australia. When the Liberal Party was last in government, we had two premiers in a row who talked this state down—they were all about 'Kick a Vic', and they were all about 'They stole our Grand Prix'. We are about actually giving people confidence about our state to celebrate what we have here in our state, and we will be doing that through marketing. The timing of it—we would be doing it whether it was this year, last year, or the year before, because it is the right time to do the— The Hon. I.F. Evans House of Assembly The Hon. I.F. Evans: Why didn't you do it last year, or the year before, or the year before? The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: Because last year was Kangaroo Island, this year was the Barossa— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Davenport is called to order! The Hon. I.F. Evans interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Davenport is warned for the first time. The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: The member for Davenport may not realise, but the Adelaide Oval will be open for the Ashes in a couple of weeks, and it will be finished in time for AFL football in March; why would we do it two years ago? Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Ms CHAPMAN: My final supplementary, sir— The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Well, that would be a fourth supplementary, and that would be stretching a friendship. The member for Little Para. Ms Chapman House of Assembly Ms Chapman: Are we no longer friends? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Little Para.