CARBON TAX

129 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (17 July 2012). With respect to 2012-13 Budget Paper 4, vol. 3, pp. 33, 72—

Is this the total cost impact of the $3.5 million associated with the carbon tax in 2012-13 across all portfolios and agencies of associated health services?

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 2012-13 State Budget provided the SA Health portfolio with a total of $3.506 million of additional funding to account for the cost of the Carbon Tax across all SA Health services.