Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Adelaide Convention Centre Gala Dinner Adelaide Convention Centre Gala Dinner The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Adelaide Convention Centre Gala Dinner The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:26): Final supplementary: can the assistant minister see how some people might have felt pressured, and indeed conflicted, to come up with $180 for a ticket so that they would consider that their applications might be looked on favourably? The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The assistant minister, if she wishes to. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The assistant minister doesn't need any assistance from her own backbench. The Hon. J.S. LEE Legislative Council The Hon. J.S. LEE (14:26): I am not sure whether any of the members of the opposition have actually organised a big event at a venue like the Adelaide Convention Centre. The cost of a meal, just the food alone, is about $90 to $100 per person, plus a drinks package of $40 to $50 per person, plus you have staging, you have AV, you have a band to play, and then also the chair covers, the centre lights and decorations, etc. There is really not much out of the $180 to pay for. It is to pay for people who want to come and join the celebration; it is not to do with fundraising as such. But because the opposition members keep referring to it as a fundraiser and because it is an event of the Liberal Party, they make an assumption that it is a fundraiser.