Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment

The Hon. J.E. HANSON (14:53): Can the minister outline, other than things he has admitted he did before he became a minister, what strategies and measures he has put in place to improve morale in his agencies, give a clear agenda and strategy for trade and investment in his area, and also give credence to his department that they feel like they know what he is doing?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:53): I thank the honourable member for his question. He talked about putting strategies in place. If you like, I can go and talk about our growth agenda and all the strategies about growing the state's economy because he talked about what strategies are in place to grow trade and investment. Clearly, as a government we implemented and commissioned the Joyce review. We are now implementing that and that is almost complete, so there is a clear direction now with the government.

We have appointed a new chief executive—the one I mentioned yesterday—who has global recognition so that people all over the world are saying, 'Well done, great appointment,' and they are very keen to start. Under that leadership, and with all of the things like MIT and the other great initiatives that this government is doing, morale will continue to grow because they will be certain that this government has a clear agenda to grow the South Australian economy, to grow jobs, and grow the population to make South Australia an even better place to live.

The PRESIDENT: No, I think we have run our distance on this. The Hon. Mr Hood.