House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Sports Funding SPORTS FUNDING In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS House of Assembly Goyder SPORTS FUNDING In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (5 July 2011) (Estimates Committee B). 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 SPORTS FUNDING The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport): The seven sports being transitioned out of the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) are having their previous level of direct program funding of $263,000 from SASI maintained for the 2011-12 financial year, principally through State-wide Enhancement Program grants (StEP). StEP grants will provide $206,000 with the balance $57,000 coming from the Office for Recreation and Sport budget for the next 12 months. The exact determination of employment costs is difficult to determine as a majority of the coaches are actually employed by agencies external to the Government, that is State or National Sporting Organisations (NSOs). It is fair to say that the employment costs in all sports except Basketball and Tennis, are met from the combination of NSO funding and the SASI direct funding contribution. The average salary of coaches at this level is approximately $65,000 plus on costs. In the case of Basketball and Tennis, the coaches have tended to be funded separately and wholly by Basketball SA and Tennis Australia respectively.