Royal Adelaide Club

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:55): My question is to the Premier. How much money did the state government provide to the Royal Adelaide Club as part of the Qingdao International Beer Festival sponsorship, and what was the nature of this funding?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:55): I understand that the Royal Croquet Club, or the Royal Adelaide Club, as I think it has latterly been known, has made, largely at the behest, I think, of the Adelaide city council, a decision to engage in a project as part of the 30^th year celebrations of the sister state relationship between South Australia and Shandong Province.

As part of that, there was a Qingdao beer festival, which they decided that they were going to participate in. I think the Adelaide city council has since formed a sister city relationship with Qingdao. I believe that that would be an excellent way of demonstrating our friendship between the two jurisdictions—the city and the state, Shandong and Qingdao—during that period. They were very supportive of that.

At their urging, they also requested the South Australian government to provide some support for the Royal Adelaide Club, and I think we did provide some support. Indeed, I think they did participate in the Qingdao beer festival, but I will bring back the precise amount of the financial support that was given to that project.