Tour Down Under

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:31): Further supplementary: is the minister confirming that he has held the view that the Tour Down Under spectator numbers are falsely inflated?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:31): No, I haven't held the view they have been falsely inflated. I have questioned, as I said, if they would like me to talk about the time I was in opposition, I questioned those numbers, whether it was any particular community event, to check their veracity. We had a number of briefings from the Tourism Commission and others when in opposition to tell me how those numbers were arrived at.