Superloop Adelaide 500

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (15:03): My question is to the Minister for Tourism. Given the Adelaide 500 event was scheduled to occur last weekend and instead there was a Supercars event in Bathurst, wouldn't it have made sense to have a plan in place for replacement events before the decision to cancel the Adelaide 500?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my right!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! When the house is silent, I will give the Premier the opportunity to respond to the question. Does the Premier seek the call?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:04): The leader may recall that the decision not to proceed with the March event was made October or November, I think, way before that in fact because mass events—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Yes—in fact, earlier in the year we were talking about cancelling the March event and moving it to later in the year. In October, as the leader refers to, was when we made the decision not to proceed with the Supercars at all.