STATE PROMOTION EXPENDITURE

256 Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (13 July 2011). With respect to 2011-12 Budget Paper 4—Volume 3, p169, Statement of Cash Flows—

1. Why did the employee benefit payments for the Agent-General increase from an estimated result of $119, 000 in 2010-11 to a budgeted amount of $325,000 in 2011-12?

2. What are the details of the 'Other payments—Promotion of the state' expenditure line and where is this money spent?

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 advise the following:

1. The 2011-12 Budget of $325,000 associated with the Agent-General's employee benefit payments is higher when compared with the 2010-11 Estimated Result of $119,000 due to the 2011-12 Budget reflecting a full-time contract for the Agent-General. The current Agent General is appointed on a part time basis, and consequently the 2011-12 Budget will be adjusted in the 2011 12 Mid-Year Budget Review to reflect these part-time arrangements.

2. The Promotion of the State Fund is an Administered Item with the specific purpose of meeting the cost of whole of Government communication and activities that promote South Australia. Payments made from this fund during 2009-10 included costs associated with the Premier's Reading Challenge, the Tour Down Under and G'DAY USA.