Royal Adelaide Club

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (15:01): My supplementary question is to the Premier. Given the minister has just advised that—and I think his quote was—'nobody showed up', what due diligence did the Premier undertake before telling the people of South Australia on 31 March last year that more than one million people will learn more about the tourism and studying opportunities we can provide in South Australia as a result of that sponsorship reported to be $600,000?

The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Minister for Investment and Trade, Minister for Small Business, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:01): The member is obviously not listening to the answer. You need to listen to the answer before you ask a supplementary question because, as has been explained, this was completely a private venture by the entity concerned. The $600,000 sponsorship, which has been publicly reported as having been provided, was in the hope that they would succeed.

They spent much more than that and they lost a significant amount, and we are very sad that that occurred on their behalf. But when a private venture goes to another country and runs an event, that is the risk that you take, and it would have been delightful if it had been successful, but it wasn't. We were happy to support it, but unfortunately it didn't work out for them.