Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-02-06 Daily Xml

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Minister for Trade and Investment

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:29): A further supplementary: when the minister receives a tourism question on an overseas trip, what parts of the question is the minister allowed to answer without seeking permission from the Premier?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Not that the President has made a ruling but the questions were about his role as minister for trade, tourism and investment. This question is about it.

The PRESIDENT: The minister can choose as to whether he wants to answer that supplementary or not.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:29): I will answer it. The member opposite talks about me again being the minister for trade, tourism and investment. Again, she gets her facts incorrect. But we are a team. When we go overseas, whether it's me or the Premier or any other minister, if there are issues that can help grow the South Australian economy, of course we will talk to those stakeholders and of course we will report back to the relevant minister and action it when we get back home.