ADC Global Blockchain Summit

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:32): My question is to the Premier. Is it correct that at the close of earlybird registrations for the ADC Global Blockchain Summit only 20 delegates paid the $2,195 discounted earlybird registration fee to attend the conference?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:33): I'm not really 100 per cent sure why that is a question to the Premier of this state—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: That's a disaggregated technology.

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I'm not sure whether the member for West Torrens—

Ms Stinson: You wanted to ask for their questions.

The SPEAKER: The member for Badcoe is also warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —understands this, but we did not conduct the conference. We were a sponsor to the conference, just like the previous government was sponsor to many other conferences. I don't think that they would know the registration rate, how many people got in the earlybird rate, and so on and so forth. It seems to me, though, that the opposition aren't supporters of emerging technologies in South Australia. They're not supportive of blockchain or cyber. They're probably not even supportive of the Space Agency coming to—

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: There's a point of order. Premier, one moment. Point of order from the member for West Torrens.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Sir, that is clearly debate.

The SPEAKER: The point of order is for debate. The question was about registrations at a blockchain conference. The Premier began his answer by answering the substance of the question. He is starting to deviate a little bit, but I know that he will come back to the substance of the question pretty quickly.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I know there were many people who attended that conference. We had hoped to have between 300 and 500 people attend that conference—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: You said 400 before.

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I don't know the total number, but we received well over 400, which is good news. That's within that range of 300 to 500, for those former treasurers—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —who aren't quite as numerate as other people about ranges, but anyway—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: One of the people who attended was, I think, a central bank governor. We had regulators from around the world. We had people from the OECD. We had many visitors from North America and Europe. Members of the federal parliament attended, and members of the federal Australian Labor Party attended for some reason. I will check what payment they made to the conference and come back to the opposition. They seem very interested in these payment schedules.