FOOD AND WINE INDUSTRY

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:34): I have a further supplementary. Was the $550,000 supplied to Food SA over and above any budget allocations they were getting prior to that?

The PRESIDENT: Minister, you said you would come back with those figures—I heard it.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:34): He should give up. He's a big embarrassment. He's just embarrassing himself over and over again. He's on a losing streak. He's got egg all over his face and he just keeps splashing more on. I am advised that, in terms of the spending prior to that time—relating to the previous question—to the best of our knowledge, very little if any was spent, but I've already given a commitment.

The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: What does that mean—very little?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: Like 'der'—very little, almost none, not a lot.

The PRESIDENT: I love Thursday question times.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: It's embarrassing. I'll save them any further embarrassment and we'll just call it quits, I think.

The PRESIDENT: Hear, hear!

Members interjecting: