Ministerial Travel

Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:20): My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer intend to release details of the total expenditure for his recent trip to New York, Washington and Los Angeles and, if so, when? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr COWDREY: On 13 February the Under Treasurer confirmed that the Treasurer's trip to New York, Los Angeles and Washington between 19 and 27 January cost at least $78,000, including the cost of business class flights and accommodation, but the Treasurer has not yet released details of those expenses.

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:20): Yes, I will. I will do it in accordance with Premier and Cabinet Circular 35, as was the practice under the previous Liberal government and as was the practice under the previous Weatherill government.

It is worth noting, of course, that those guidelines were changed. They were changed by the previous Marshall Liberal government to reduce the amount of information that is required to be proactively disclosed. It's a Premier and Cabinet circular. The practice is that they are confirmed by a decision of cabinet, which would mean that the Leader of the Opposition, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, the member for Hartley and others over there made that decision to reduce the amount of information that is required to be released. So I will be meeting the obligations; I will be doing it as per the requirements, as I have already made clear publicly.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for West Torrens is on a final warning. The member for Badcoe well knows the rules; the member for Newland does too.