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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-06-20" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>International Tourism Marketing</name>
      <text id="201906201412b029f648462ab0000566">
        <heading>International Tourism Marketing</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-06-20">
            <name>International Tourism Marketing</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-06-20T14:37:48" />
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:37):</by>  Thank you for those less positive comments. Supplementary: can the minister confirm why the government is cutting $12 million from the South Australian Tourism Commission over the forward estimates?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Trade</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2019-06-20">
            <name>International Tourism Marketing</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-06-20T14:38:10" />
        <text id="201906201412b029f648462ab0000568">
          <timeStamp time="2019-06-20T14:38:10" />
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:38):</by>  I don't think the honourable member actually understands that the winter campaign that was in this current budget isn't in the next budget, because we are awaiting the outcomes of that campaign. If you look at that $3 million investment across the forward estimates, that would amount to $12 million.</text>
        <text id="201906201412b029f648462ab0000569">What we tasked the Tourism Commission with and what they came up with is a proposition of a winter campaign. The government said we will fund that campaign. We actually want to have a look at the results. We want to make sure that we can measure those results. We have record hits on the website, record inquiry. We actually want to make sure—</text>
        <text id="201906201412b029f648462ab0000570">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  I thought I heard somebody say we were down for internet. The winter campaign is targeted. Our biggest growth sector is intrastate and interstate visitors.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201906201412b029f648462ab0000572">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I will allow one more. We have been on this for a while.</text>
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