Superloop Adelaide 500

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:42): Thank you, sir. My supplementary to the minister is this: has the minister looked at the company via the Google search website and, if so, can he advise me how to find them, because when I check on Google now, it comes up as—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Well, I admit—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: —I am no expert on this interweb thing, but when I hit the company—

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter, we understand the question. Minister.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: One point, sir.

The PRESIDENT: One more point.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: When I hit the company that comes up in Google, it says '404 not found'. Has the minister done a search and can he advise me how to find this company on the interweb?

The PRESIDENT: We've got the question. Minister.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:43): I am amazed that we have a wonderful announcement today of a new corporate sponsor for one of our iconic events, and we have had nothing but the former government trying to smear them and to play it down. That is a disgraceful way to—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Just disgraceful. What I find is that they are upset. With a change of government, we actually had a queue of people wanting to sponsor the Christmas Pageant. The corporate world comes out to support our events. The member opposite says, 'Go to Google.' I don't have to Google them; I know who Superloop is. I know the chief executive. I met him for the first time today, but I have known about Superloop for—probably my first recollection was prior to the election. I ran into the name somewhere, but I do not remember exactly where and, of course, since the election I have been briefed that in the last few months we are in negotiations with Superloop. This is a disgraceful way—I can't believe how negative the opposition is. It is a great event.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: '404 not found'.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: The Hon. Mr Hunter in this place when he was a minister said that he actually didn't like technology. In fact, as a minister he said that he had to take valium when he left the city. He didn't even like to go into the country—

The Hon. R.I. Lucas: He called it the 'interweb thing'.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: The interweb—so I have no faith that he actually knows how to use Google search.

The PRESIDENT: I have given you more than enough latitude, the Hon. Mr Ridgway. We are 34 minutes in; we are over halfway, and we have only got to two questions. I call the Hon. Ms Bourke. I am keen to get to the crossbenches to have some questions.

Honourable members: Hear, hear!

The PRESIDENT: I don't know why the government benches are hear, hear-ing. The Hon. Ms Bourke.