Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

You'll have to excuse me, because I wasn't party to the original negotiations in this area. My understanding was that the original trial sites were quite small, Ceduna being by far the smallest. The banks saw the small scale of the trial as not being something that they were necessarily particularly interested in participating in. That was the reason given to us by the banks, I understand, at the time that we sought their involvement.