South Australian Tourism Commission

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (16:47): Thank you, Mr President. After the matter became public, the minister—

The PRESIDENT: It is a supplementary question, but keep it tight by way of clarification on the original answer.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Supplementary arising out of, and in relation to, the original answer: the honourable member talked about having had a meeting with himself and the Premier with the SATC. Can he confirm exactly when that meeting took place, exactly who was at that meeting and what the outcomes of that meeting were?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (16:48): The meeting took place on Monday morning this week. The people present at the meeting were the Premier, myself, the chief executive of the South Australian Tourism Commission and the chairman of the South Australian Tourism Commission board. We undertook—

The Hon. K.J. Maher: No advisers or staff?

The PRESIDENT: You have asked your question, Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: I am helping.

The PRESIDENT: Minister.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I will advise the opposition leader that that was to make sure that in the final contract with TBWA there were some clauses that certainly pushed them towards making sure South Australian companies had an opportunity to provide services to them, creative services and other services they may require.

The goal of it was to make sure that the South Australian Tourism Commission was well aware that we were very disappointed that a South Australian company had not won the tender, notwithstanding it had been approved under the procurement process initiated by your government. We wanted to make the Tourism Commission chief executive and the chairman of the board aware that we would expect to see South Australian companies get some opportunities to provide services to TBWA.