Christmas Pageant

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:15): My question is to the Premier. What will happen to the tickets that have already been sold for the corporate boxes and for the seats in the Ian McLachlan and William Magarey rooms?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:15): It is interesting, sir, no questions on jobs today, none on employment, none on the coronavirus. We've got seven questions with plenty of information flowing—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Lee is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —from here over to there. We have obviously made it very clear that any unsold tickets will go back—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is warned for a second time.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —into that general ballot. That is exactly and precisely where they should be. I have made it clear that we are disappointed with the arrangements to date. We won't be reversing them, but what we will be doing is saying that any unsold tickets will go back into that general ballot. We want to maximise the number of children and young people who are going along.

This is an extraordinary year. Usually there are hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people who line the streets in Adelaide to go along to the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant—usually hundreds of thousands. And most people were saying, 'Cancel it. Call it off. It can't continue.' We wanted to make sure that it could. A novel approach was put in place to maximise the number of people who could see this. The pageant itself—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —will be visiting—

Ms Hildyard: Sell off the seats; that's your novel approach.

The SPEAKER: Member for Reynell!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —as you know, sir, the Adelaide Oval, but on top of that, there will be a broadcast to maximise the number of people who can go along. We are hopeful that next year we can return to the previous arrangements which have been loved by so many people over such a long period of time.

As I said, any unsold tickets to those facilities will go back into that general ballot so that we can maximise the number of children and young families who are heading along to this very important annual event here in South Australia.

The SPEAKER: Before I call the member for Flinders, I warn the member for Playford. I call to order the member for Reynell. I warn the member for Ramsay.