House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2023-08-30 Daily Xml

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Brand SA

Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (14:58): My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Will the minister commit to appointing a member to the Brand SA Board to represent regional South Australia? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr WHETSTONE: The newly appointed board by the minister currently does not have a regional voice via a regional member.

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Planning) (14:58): I am always open to suggestions for boards and the like. I think the member makes a reasonable point about regional representation, but I would put in place that this is a government that brought back Brand SA, and what happened previously—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: There couldn't be a regional representative—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: —previously—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Chaffey!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: —because it didn't exist. It was outsourced.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Badcoe!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: It was outsourced—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION: —to the private sector. All sorts of strange things happened with our brand under the previous government. So I am open to your suggestions—absolutely open to your suggestions. We've got a great board, they are on the job, they are doing good work. I will obviously take some suggestions from the member opposite. But just remember this: Brand SA exists because of this government.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members to my right!