EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BUDGET

In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (22 November 2011) (First Session).

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development): The 2010-11 budget included an additional $203.4 million in total operating expenditure above that in the 2009-10 budget. This increase resulted in the Department's total operating expenditure budget for 2010-11 being $2.533 billion.

The $203.4 million additional operating expense budget can be broken down from a budgetary perspective into an increase for: