Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-12-01 Daily Xml

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REGIONAL TOURISM

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (15:12): Given that intrastate tourism is down by 25 per cent, will the minister commit to having the South Australian Shorts booklet ready for the AFTA travel fair in February and do something positive for tourism?

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (15:12): Thick as! I have already answered this question previously here in this place. I have already said that we are reviewing—

The Hon. T.J. Stephens: You have not given me a commitment.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I have.

The Hon. T.J. Stephens: No; you have not.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. T.J. Stephens: You have not given me a commitment.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: What a waste of space he is!

The PRESIDENT: You probably haven't heard it because you've been making too much noise.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I have clearly put on the record that we are reviewing that booklet. I have already put that on the record here. I have indicated that we are looking at what might be the most suitable way of communicating the information that we need, given the strategy that I have just outlined here. It may be a refreshing of Shorts. It may be something else rebadged in a slightly different way, or a total new re-look.

I have already given that information in this place before. The honourable member asked the question; I gave him that information. He clearly cannot retain any information for more than a nanosecond. I want Hansard, if they can, to put this in bold in Hansard so that at least the honourable member might be able to read it at his leisure.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Brokenshire has a supplementary.