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ADELAIDE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

In reply to Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (26 October 2010) (Estimates Committee A).

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts): I am advised:

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's operating grant for 2008-09 was $2,594,000. This included one-off funding to enable the orchestra to undertake its tour to the United States in January 2009 to participate in Australia Week 2009 (G'day USA), as well as a final Reserves Incentive Scheme payment provided under tri-partite funding arrangements with the Australia Council for the Arts. The orchestra's base funding for that year was $1,812,000.

In 2009-10, the orchestra received funding of $1,867,000.