South Australian Trade and Investment Office, USA

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:41): I have a further supplementary for the minister: the staff who will be employed in the South Australian office then will also be Austrade employees. Will that staff or those staff members be reporting directly to South Australian officials, or will they be directly reporting to commonwealth officials?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:41): My understanding and my advice is that, as with Xiaoya Wei in Shanghai and Sally Townsend in Japan, whoever the very fortunate, capable people employed in the US are, they will be reporting to our people here in the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment.