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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>South Australia's Strategic Plan</name>
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          <heading>South Australia's Strategic Plan</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2016-11-15">
            <name>South Australia's Strategic Plan</name>
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        <text id="201611155006a05fb7cf4df190001848">In reply to <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (28 July 2016).  (Estimates Committee A)</by></text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1812" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Cheltenham</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2016-11-15">
            <name>South Australia's Strategic Plan</name>
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            <by role="member" id="1812">The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>When South Australia's Strategic Plan was launched in 2004, the government committed to release a public report every two years on progress against the targets. </inserted>
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        <text id="201611155006a05fb7cf4df190001851">
          <inserted>The progress report was developed by the Audit Committee, which was established as an independent advisory body, with much assistance from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.</inserted>
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        <text id="201611155006a05fb7cf4df190001852">
          <inserted>Four progress reports were released between 2006 and 2012. After that time, the functions of the Audit Committee were subsumed by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, following its abolition under the government's boards and committees reform in 2014. </inserted>
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        <text id="201611155006a05fb7cf4df190001853">
          <inserted>As a consequence, the progress report was discontinued. Progress against the targets continues to be monitored by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet through an annual review and where data is available, the results are published on the website. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The latest review on progress against the targets occurred in February 2016, with updates published on the Strategic Plan website between March and April 2016. The next review will commence in January 2017.</inserted>
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        <text id="201611155006a05fb7cf4df190001855">
          <inserted>The government is actively driving and monitoring progress against the 10 economic priorities. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The Economic Development Cabinet Committee, which I chair and includes senior ministers and advisers from the Economic Development Board, is charged with implementation of the 10 economic priorities. </inserted>
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        <text id="201611155006a05fb7cf4df190001857">
          <inserted>It oversees a six monthly review of progress against the objectives and the maintenance of a dashboard on economic.priorities.sa.gov.au that is updated as new data relevant to the priorities becomes available.</inserted>
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