United States, Trade and Investment

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15:01): My question is to the Premier. What key performance indicators has the Premier set himself for his upcoming visit and trip to the United States?

The Hon. D.G. Pisoni: We won't be spending $51,000 on business class fares—

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Innovation is warned for a second and final time.

The Hon. D.G. Pisoni: —and 320 on laundry.

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Innovation can leave for the rest of question time. Thank you.

The honourable member for Unley having withdrawn from the chamber:

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:02): That was quite an amusing prelude to an otherwise important question in the house. This is a very important trade trip. We haven't realised enough advantage out of the United States of America. It is the largest economy in the world. It is a complex economy, and in fact there are some states of the United States that are significantly larger than the entire Australian economy. It's a diverse economy and it's one where we haven't really been able to extract or realise a big opportunity for our state.

Some sectors have done well. We look at areas like red meat and we look at areas like wine, but we haven't been able to get as much out of the creative industries, and we haven't been able to get as much out of our defence and aerospace, and potentially cyber, as we have in the past. Our goals for this trip are to make sure that we can address a range of sectors, which I have already outlined to the parliament earlier today. We are looking not only for exports but also for investment attraction into South Australia and more tourists into South Australia. All these things are critical for us in this state—

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —to grow the economy, and that is our focus.