Job Creation

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Supplementary question: in the minister's press release yesterday she indicated there was $160,000 of funding going to the Barossa.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order: I understand a supplementary question is supposed to be based on the original answer given by the minister and not new extraneous material.

The PRESIDENT: That is true. Is your supplementary based on—

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I will choose a different supplementary then, Mr President. Which particular businesses in the regions have identified that they will employ people? You mentioned $160,000 in your press release—

The Hon. G.E. Gago: I didn't mention that at all.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: The press release I referred to.

The Hon. G.E. Gago: I didn't mention it. I made no reference to the media release.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Ridgway, just ask—

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Which businesses—

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: —is my supplementary question, Mr President.

The PRESIDENT: Just sit down for one second.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: No. I am standing up to ask a supplementary question.

The PRESIDENT: I have asked you to sit down and let me explain. I am very tolerant with your—well, not very tolerant. You ask a lot of supplementary questions—not a problem—but they must relate to the answer given by the minister. Now, if you have got a question there that relates directly to the answer, by all means ask your supplementary question.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Thank you, Mr President. Which businesses have been identified to the minister as being able to employ people as a result of this $2.1 million funding and the 815 positions that I mentioned in my question?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:27): The RDAs are still working through those. As I said, these are programs that are coordinated and managed by RDAs, so they are businesses that RDAs have identified. I believe that some of them have been identified by RDAs and others are still being contracted, so those details are not yet available.

The PRESIDENT: Supplementary, Mr Ridgway.