House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-11-20 Daily Xml

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Oil and Gas Sector

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:49): Supplementary: given that the minister says that Mr Guglielmo is so central to this issue—

The SPEAKER: Is there any chance that you and the minister could pronounce his name correctly?

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Yes, there is. Can the minister please advise the house when he joined Ambassador Exploration as a director or an employee?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (14:49): I think I told the house earlier in my first answer and yesterday that he subsequently became a director of Ambassador Exploration, but—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Again, calling into question the processes, via interjection, into the big process. I don't know why the Liberal Party don't like the resources sector. I don't know why they don't like the oil and gas sector.

The SPEAKER: Could the minister return to the substance of the question.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Sure, Mr Speaker.

Mr Gardner interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: It is still one more than you—the real game. I don't have the details of the date that he joined, but I did say in my answer that he subsequently joined.