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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:15): My question is to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. T.T. NGO: Hello, hello. Has the minister or any of his staff ever met with the CEO of QBT and federal Treasurer of the Liberal Party Andrew Burnes, and if the minister has met with Mr Burnes, when was that and did the minister inform the Premier of the content of the conversation?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:15): I thank the honourable member for his probing question. I can inform the honourable member that I think I met Mr Andrew Burnes at ATE last year, just after the election. I think I did, but it was in passing. I was escorted around ATE. I think parliament was—no, parliament wasn't sitting, but it was very new in the time that I had just been sworn in. I think I was escorted around by officials from the South Australian Tourism Commission or maybe even Mr John O'Sullivan from Tourism Australia.

I met a stack of people. I met quite a large number of them. I have a vague recollection of meeting him, but I don't recall anything that was discussed other than, 'Hello, I'm the new minister,' you know, 'I've got a great opportunity. I'm really happy to be the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment and I'm looking forward to growing the South Australian visitor economy.' I really don't have any recollection of any conversation I had with him, but I met hundreds of people over that weekend. They were so pleased to see there had been a change of government—

The Hon. R.I. Lucas: Hear, hear! And a new minister.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: And a new minister. They were very excited by that. I was trying not to get ahead of myself. So I do have some recollection, but as I said, I don't have any recollection of anything I discussed, if anything at all, other than just saying hello and shaking his hand.

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