SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL CENTRE

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Why did the minister then say yesterday on radio, 'The government took on payment of those original staff. We have been operating the service with those staff for the last six months and will continue with those staff in the new arrangements'? She is now telling us that some of them have been terminated.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (14:30): I cannot be any clearer. This would have been in a context, and you need to look at the context in which those comments were made. I have been very clear.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! You must listen.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I have been very clear in a number of public forums, on radio, at a press conference yesterday—very clear. I cannot help it if the honourable member fails to do his research, fails to read the context. As I have said, I have been clear right from the outset that we are moving from five FTEs to 4.8 and that there has been a process of contract renewal.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Ridgway has a further supplementary.