House of Assembly: Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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Emergency Services Levy

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (17:08): My question is to the Treasurer. Now that the Treasurer has had 24 hours to check, will he clarify whether emergency services levy remissions have been removed for government-owned land? If so, what is the additional cost to government of their removal?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (17:08): I am advised that, in short, the answer is yes. No additional appropriation has been provided to agencies like DECD and DPTI or government business enterprises SA Water or the Urban Renewal Authority to fund the additional ESL changes as a result of the removal of the remissions. The cost of removing remissions is in the order of about $4 million per annum.