❓ The Minister for Tourism reports on the Australian Tourism Exchange in Adelaide, highlighting WA's delegation, increased tourism funding, and positive feedback on the new tourism board, while also criticising the opposition's undermining tactics.
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AUSTRALIAN TOURISM EXCHANGE
Can the minister inform the house of the outcomes of the Australian Tourism Exchange, which she attended last week in Adelaide? Ms S.M. McHALE
Can the minister inform the house of the outcomes of the Australian Tourism Exchange, which she attended last week in Adelaide? Ms S.M. McHALE
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I thank the member for this question. As I told Parliament last week, the Australian Tourism Exchange was held in Adelaide last week. It is the largest tourism event in the southern hemisphere. It attracts 1 500 Australian sellers - hoteliers, tour operators and the like. They met with 700 of the world’s most influential tourism wholesalers and media to contract business. I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for this question. As I told Parliament last week, the Australian Tourism Exchange was held in Adelaide last week. It is the largest tourism event in the southern hemisphere. It attracts 1 500 Australian sellers - hoteliers, tour operators and the like. They met with 700 of the world’s most influential tourism wholesalers and media to contract business. I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
I thank the member for this question. As I told Parliament last week, the Australian Tourism Exchange was held in Adelaide last week. It is the largest tourism event in the southern hemisphere. It attracts 1 500 Australian sellers - hoteliers, tour operators and the like. They met with 700 of the world’s most influential tourism wholesalers and media to contract business. I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms S.M. McHALE replied: I thank the member for this question. As I told Parliament last week, the Australian Tourism Exchange was held in Adelaide last week. It is the largest tourism event in the southern hemisphere. It attracts 1 500 Australian sellers - hoteliers, tour operators and the like. They met with 700 of the world’s most influential tourism wholesalers and media to contract business. I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
I thank the member for this question. As I told Parliament last week, the Australian Tourism Exchange was held in Adelaide last week. It is the largest tourism event in the southern hemisphere. It attracts 1 500 Australian sellers - hoteliers, tour operators and the like. They met with 700 of the world’s most influential tourism wholesalers and media to contract business. I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
I want to draw a number of points from last week. Firstly, I acknowledge the 47 Western Australian tourism businesses and the 18 national companies with a Western Australian interest that attended the event. The range of product and the presentation and enthusiasm of the Western Australian delegation was incredible. It made me proud to be part of the delegation. As the Minister for Tourism, I made it clear that we were very proud of the product and the work and the level of energy involved. During the two days, I spent considerable time with the Western Australian delegation as well as with peak industry bodies such as the Australian Tourism Export Council and TTF Australia. The points that were raised in the meetings were very interesting. Firstly, the national stakeholders congratulated the Western Australian government on increasing funding in the budget, which was in contrast to other jurisdictions. Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Several members interjected. Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms S.M. McHALE : Members should wait to hear what they had to say about the opposition spokesperson for tourism! For the first time, the budget exceeds $50 million. It was interesting to hear the comments made about the misleading tactics used to undermine what is a sound budget. Those tactics come from the opposition. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : We have told the truth. Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
Ms S.M. McHALE : For the benefit of the member for Carine, the budget in 2000-01 was $30 million. In 2006-07 it is $50 million. Everybody else in the nation can get that right and understand it but not the opposition spokesperson. The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
The other feedback that I want to give to the house is the very positive reception from the national stakeholders about the new board. The member for Carine put out very mischievous media releases about the board. She maligned the retiring members; she maligned the reasons they were retiring. She has destabilised the board. It was good to get feedback from the national tourism bodies. The opposition cannot see fit to recognise that we have put the strongest tourism marketing people and other people in the tourism industry on the Western Australian board.
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