Emergency Services Expenditure

239 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 September 2016). In reference to 2016-17 Budget Paper 4, Volume 2, page 79—what was the total amount of funding which has been transferred from the Community Emergency Services Fund to the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service for 2015-16 and what is the total amount of funding to be transferred in 2016-17?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development): The Minister for Emergency Services has been advised:

The total amount of funding which was transferred from the Community Emergency Services Fund to the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service for 2015-16 was $136.443 million. The total amount of funding to be transferred from the Community Emergency Services Fund to the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service in 2016-17 is $136.381 million.