Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Government Marketing and Communications Government Marketing and Communications The Hon. F. PANGALLO Legislative Council Government Marketing and Communications The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:39): Is the minister confident that he can reach that $12.8 billion target by 2030 considering that there will be a 40 per cent cut in the tourism budget before then? The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY Legislative Council Minister for Trade Government Marketing and Communications The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:39): I thank the honourable member for his question. I do have a fair degree of regard for him, but his foresight to know by 2030 that there will be a 40 per cent cut in the budget I find somewhat bemusing. On the current trajectory, if we keep investing—and the Marshall Liberal government has been investing $43 million of extra marketing money during this last budget round over the next three years—I am very confident it will be at $8 billion by the end of next year, which is the end of 2020. It will take another decade, then, to get the other $4.6 billion. I am very confident that we will reach that target. And, Mr President, it will be some 50,000 jobs in South Australia in that industry; more than 43 per cent of them will be regional South Australia. And if we are at that $12 billion target, if you look at it, the 43¢ of every dollar spent in the regions, $430 million a month on average is being spent in the regions, $570 million a month in Adelaide. It will be a significant contributor to our regional economy.