<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd">
  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2017-08-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="10571" />
  <endPage num="10647" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Automotive Transformation Taskforce</name>
      <text id="201708024dc2b68a57e84971a0000999">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Automotive Transformation Taskforce</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Mitchell</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2017-08-02">
            <name>Automotive Transformation Taskforce</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201708024dc2b68a57e84971a0001000">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4843">Mr WINGARD (Mitchell)</by> (3 August 2016).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy</electorate>
        <text id="201708024dc2b68a57e84971a0001001">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201708024dc2b68a57e84971a0001002">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;To date, around 120 jobs will be retained in supply chain firms as a result of program funding provided for their diversification efforts under the Automotive Supplier Diversification Program. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201708024dc2b68a57e84971a0001003">
          <inserted>The Automotive Workers in Transition Program is a voluntary career and transition support program which provides case management to workers to pursue new career options. No modelling has been undertaken to predict future job growth from this program. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201708024dc2b68a57e84971a0001004">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;The $10 million is divided between the Automotive Supplier Diversification Program and the Automotive Workers in Transition Program. The funds are not exhausted due to the demand driven nature of these programs. Greater uptake is expected closer to GM Holden's closure.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>