House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Outback Connect Program OUTBACK CONNECT PROGRAM Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite OUTBACK CONNECT PROGRAM 301 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (23 August 2011) (First Session). With respect to 2011-12 Budget Paper 4—Volume 2, p198— What costs were involved in the Outback Connect program and the 'public internet access and digital literacy programs' to Aboriginal communities in Oodnadatta and Marree? The Hon. T.R. KENYON House of Assembly Newland Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills Minister for Science and Information Economy Minister for Recreation and Sport OUTBACK CONNECT PROGRAM The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport): In 2010-11 $76,346 was expended on Outback Connect, a digital literacy initiative delivering basic ICT skills to rural and regional clients and to other disadvantaged groups in South Australia. The public internet access and digital literacy program delivered to Aboriginal communities in Oodnadatta and Marree is funded by the Commonwealth through a National Partnership Agreement and in 2010-11 cost $61,410 for Oodnadatta and $12,200 in Marree.