Trade Offices

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (15:33): Supplementary: what was the recruitment process for the new South Australian trade commissioner?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:33): I thank the honourable member for her supplementary question. It was advertised and a number of people applied for it. I don't recall the actual time lines but I know that, because the office is co-located with Austrade, we had to wait for all the proper security clearances to be in place, and that was only just in place the day before we opened the office and that is why Ms Townsend started work yesterday.