House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2010-11-23 Daily Xml

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CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY

Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:51): I wish to ask a supplementary question, if I may: does the cost include bringing His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent to Adelaide for the presence opening?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (14:51): No, because my memory is that he was here—if you would talk to each other; the member for Waite could advise—for the Royal Institution of Science, which the member for Waite told me today was brilliant. There is the Australian Science Media Centre, with thousands of scientists plugged in to the media on issues of science, the Royal Institution, the Bragg initiative, and Science Outside the Square. The fact is that the Duke of Kent is the President of the Royal Institution of Science, which, of course, was founded by people like Faraday—whom one or two people on the other side may have heard of.