Construction Industry Training Board

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:26): My question is to the Minister for Innovation and Skills. What briefings has the minister received in relation to the appointment of the acting chief executive of the Construction Industry Training Board? With your leave, sir, and that of the house I will explain.

Leave granted.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: In the minister's first answer he said that he had not received a briefing on this, and later the minister said that he had been briefed in relation to Derek Clark's qualifications and experience.

The Hon. D.G. PISONI (Unley—Minister for Innovation and Skills) (14:27): These are the sorts of things you pick up from a telephone call or a conversation.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.G. PISONI: When I said I wasn't briefed, I was referring to a formal brief, when something comes across your desk and you sign it off. Positions of employment on the CITB are purely a matter for the board. The board makes that decision. I have no power to make that decision. However, there is a provision in the act that I can direct an outcome from the board. I didn't do that. The board appointed Mr Derek Clark and it was a decision of the board.