Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Covid-Ready Committee COVID-Ready Committee The Hon. T.A. FRANKS Legislative Council COVID-Ready Committee The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:11): Supplementary: will any request from the Electoral Commissioner be abided by with directions furnished by the State Coordinator for anything that the Electoral Commissioner requires? The Hon. R.I. LUCAS Legislative Council COVID-Ready Committee The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:12): I don't know what that question implies. I am not sure that the Electoral Commissioner is looking for direction from the State Coordinator or not. Until the Electoral Commissioner indicates what it is that he wants—for example, the $1.8 million in additional resourcing that I provided, I don't believe required any direction from the State Coordinator. It was just the way the Electoral Commissioner was going to conduct the election and additional resources that he needed. I don't believe he needed to have a direction from the State Coordinator to do what he wanted. I can't read the Electoral Commissioner's mind in terms of what he wants to suggest. It would be a lovely skill or attribute to have, but I don't have it. Until he makes the decision in relation to what he chooses to do, if it is a resource issue, then it will come to me, and I have indicated, as I did with his last request, a willingness to provide the resources that he requires. If, for whatever reason, and I can't contemplate it, it requires a direction from the State Coordinator, I would assume he would discuss that directly with the State Coordinator.