AUDITOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

In reply to Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (7 October 2010).

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change): I have been advised the following:

During 2009-10 the Department of Treasury and Finance provided agencies with additional appropriation to adjust an agency's funding for the outcome of enterprise bargaining and executive salary increases.

The Department of Treasury and Finance provided the Auditor-General's Department with $112,000 of additional funding in 2009-10 to meet the additional costs arising from the government wide outcomes of enterprise bargaining and executive salary increases. This is a normal part of the budgetary process and the additional funding is initiated by the Department of Treasury and Finance and was disclosed as a separate item of income from the SA Government in the budget papers.