Shanghai Trade Office

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:26): Supplementary: I am hoping the minister might answer the other two parts of the question, which was: why is there no public information available about how to contact the office? Will the information be made publicly available and, if so, when? Did any private business from SA attend the opening and, if so, who?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:27): I beg the member's pardon, I did accidentally omit them. I am sure that there would be a website, telephone numbers—everything—an email address. I would be surprised if that's not up on the website now. Of course, the office was only opened a week ago but it is operational, so I would assume that, and I will take that on notice.

The Hon. E.S. Bourke: Was it there yesterday?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I will take that on notice. I am sure that the hardworking staff of the Department for Trade and Investment are listening to this and looking at me at the moment on their computer. I am sure they are probably making that information available.

There were a number of South Australian companies present—I will get the full list, but there were a number of companies and officials from Austrade. Obviously, some companies had representatives in China. We had an event later that evening that encompassed a range of South Australian companies that were up there for the Chinese International Import Expo, and some members of the South Australia Club were at that event as well.