Tourism Promotion Appearance Fees

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:14): Supplementary: will any future contract offers provide a short-term confidentiality clause as a first opening offer for anyone who wants to take South Australians' money to come here or be part of our events?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:15): I think it's a bit too premature. We are trying to talk to some of those whom we have contracted before.

The Hon. T.A. Franks interjecting:

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I accept that it's South Australians' money, but there is a fine line between the confidentiality and whether it's short term. What is short term? One month, two months, six months or 12 months? That's the discussion we are having with the people that we like to engage. I think we all want to be transparent, but we also have to take into consideration that there is often this commercial-in-confidence. Sometimes people won't come, or you have to pay more. They are happy for it to be disclosed, but they won't come and do the work we want them to do unless we pay them significantly more.

So there are some challenges, but I am well aware of the issues and we are trying to work our way through them. At this point in time I don't have a deadline, but we are working with the Tourism Commission to come up with what we think will be a better solution.