Christmas Pageant

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:06): If the Premier has intervened to fix the corporate box seat allocation, why did he tell the media earlier this morning that the corporate box seat allocation wouldn't impact on the availability of tickets for children in South Australia?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:06): As I was outlining to the earlier question that was asked by the member for Mawson, there was, if you like, a certain capacity that would exist for the outdoor ticketed seating arrangements. There was another option to open up some of the corporate facilities there, but there was a cost associated with that. The organisers determined that they would charge for that to defray those costs. When I learnt about it, only a few hours ago, I said, 'I'm not happy with that,' and I am requesting they no longer sell any of those packages and they work towards ways of making those additional seats, even if there is an additional cost, available and to go back into that general ballot.