Brand South Australia

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:12): Very simply, is the minister aware that, on 8 May, the Premier's office or department informed Brand SA that their funding would be cut? Is the minister aware of that?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:12): I am not sure of the exact dates and times, but clearly there was plenty of coverage in the media that this issue had been—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: I don't really understand the question that the honourable member is asking. This issue was ventilated in the media, and here, and in the House of Assembly, whenever it was.

The Hon. C.M. Scriven: You don't know what's happening in your own department.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Well, the Hon. Clare Scriven—I won't actually respond to her interjection. I will have the members opposite know that the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment has never funded Brand SA and has no responsibility to fund it. While the Joyce review recommends that the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment will be responsible for branding and international outward-facing marketing, Brand SA has never received any funding from the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment and will not receive any funding, going forward, from the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment. So I suggest they direct the questions elsewhere.