Landing Pad Program

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:44): Supplementary arising from the answer: is the launch pad program the minister refers to designed to bring companies that are not South Australian-based into South Australia and provide that launching pad for their set-up and expansion here, or is it designed for South Australian companies to expand?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:44): It is a landing pad, not a launching pad, I will correct the honourable member. The landing pad is available to companies that have been operating for 12 months. Some have been operating interstate, some have been operating in other parts of the world, but the opportunity is to bring them here, to give them a base to test the market in Adelaide, so that is why we are using the landing pad.