Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Chief of Staff

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:30): Supplementary: did you offer that position to her in the older days? Did you offer that position to Ms Georgina Downer at all?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:30): I think after the election Georgina Downer was looking for some options. I am not sure that she really ever wanted to be tangled up in this hurly-burly mess that we call the state parliament, especially with this lot opposite here. If Georgina Downer had been wanting a career in my office, I am sure I would have been able to make that available to her, but I have chosen a new chief of staff, an excellent candidate, who knows exactly the sort of people we are dealing with when it comes to the people opposite.