Legislative Council: Thursday, May 18, 2017

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State Early Commercialisation Fund

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Further supplementary: I will give him another opportunity, Mr President—we may get to 24 companies at the next answer.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: Keep spruiking it for us.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: What is the total amount of funding that has been allocated to each phase and how much has been spent in each phase?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:30): I am very happy to go away and get the exact details of those 18 fantastic South Australian companies that have already accessed the scheme. I'm happy to get the details of those and in fact I am sure it will please the honourable member that I might bring back an answer that I can read out in parliament and go through the exact details of all of the companies that have received funding.