Ahlburg, Mr C.

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Will the minister explain on what basis sex offender Corey Ahlburg attended events that were part of a parliamentary trip to China that the Hon. David Ridgway took in 2013, and will the minister advise who invited sex offender Corey Ahlburg to attend events that were part of that parliamentary trip?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:39): I am sort of intrigued by the opposition's interest in events that happened in China some six years ago. As I said, I was at an event, I opened a wine store, as I told everybody last sitting week, and my understanding was that I think Mr Ahlburg was at one of those events in China. I had no knowledge of his previous convictions—nobody did—and I am not sure who invited him. He was there, there were about a dozen wineries, and I am not sure who invited him.