Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement The Hon. S.G. WADE (15:05): My supplementary question is: considering that the government has now been in government for three months, when does Dr Thomas's six-month position conclude? The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Attorney-General Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:06): I thank the honourable member for his question. I will double-check that but from memory Dr Thomas's appointment as the Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement under the former government expired on 30 June. I don't know what the former government talked to Dr Thomas about and whether he would go on any further after that. But my understanding, and if I'm wrong I will bring back a reply, is that the six-month extension—as I said, I am grateful that Dr Thomas has agreed to help the new government start with our policy agenda—would then expire at the end of December. But I will double-check that and if I need to clarify I will.