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  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Digital Economy</name>
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          <heading>Digital Economy</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Mr WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Mitchell</electorate>
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          <question date="2017-11-14">
            <name>Digital Economy</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4843">Mr WINGARD (Mitchell)</by> (31 July 2017).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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        <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>
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            <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>
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          <inserted>Specific Digital productivity activities such as BroadbandSA and support for FabLab Adelaide concluded in 2013-14. Digital Economy activities now fall within the Science, Technology and Information Economy program.</inserted>
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          <inserted>The whole-of-government R&amp;D expenditure refers to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Government Expenditure of Research and Development survey. These numbers include support for agencies including, but not limited to, the South Australian Research and Development Institute; which in turn support the pillars of the Investing in Science Action Plan.</inserted>
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