House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Veterans' Affairs Veterans' Affairs In reply to Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Leader of the Opposition Veterans' Affairs In reply to Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (1 August 2017). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite Minister for Investment and Trade Minister for Small Business Minister for Defence and Space Industries Minister for Health Industries Minister for Veterans' Affairs Veterans' Affairs The Hon. M.L.J. HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Minister for Investment and Trade, Minister for Small Business, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Health Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs): The following table details the expenditure of grants budget for the Veterans' Affairs branch within the Department of Treasury and Finance for the 2016-17 financial year: Purpose Amount Requested 1 RSL Murray Bridge—Long Tan Service $1,000.00 2 North Road Cemetery—History Book $1,157.18 3 The Long Ride Home—The Long Ride Home fundraising bike ride $5,000.00 4 Wasleys Community Group—Their Duty Done $3,400.00 5 Veterans SA—2017 Ex-Service Commemorative Calendar $5,500.00 6 Veterans SA—Dardanelles Cenotaph Commemorative Service $2,000.00 7 RAR—Long Tan Commemorative Service $5,000.00 8 3 RAR—Battle of Maryang San Commemorative Service $515.00 9 Veterans SA—VAC Reception $484.40 10 RAR Association—Hat Dich Commemorative Service $565.00 11 Veterans SA—The Last Post $560.00 12 SA Boer War Association—Anglo-Boer War Commemorative Service $1,000.00 13 Trojan's Trek—Trojan's Trek governance requirements and staff education $5,000.00 14 Reconciliation SA—Aboriginal Veterans Commemorative Service $5,000.00 15 AUS American Association—Battle of the Coral Sea Anniversary Dinner $1,000.00 16 Veterans SA—Veterans' Voice Autumn 2017 $2,000.00 17 3RAR—Kapyong Day Commemorative Service $515.00 18 3RAR—Long Khanh & Operation Overlord Commemorative Service $515.00 19 Service Voices—Service Voices' Radio Program $5,000.00 20 Register of Aboriginal Veterans of SA—Return to Country Ceremonies—Steve Dodd $4,500.00 21 Aboriginal Veterans of SA—Miller Mack Re-interment ceremony $2,500.00 22 National Servicemen's Association of Australia (SA Branch)—public address system $2,350.00 23 Vietnam Veterans Federation—repair of vandalism – Warradale premises $1,000.00 24 Loxton Mardi Gras—Military Streets of Loxton—audio tour $1,433.00 25 3RAR—50th Anniversary Reunion $1,000.00 26 Partners of Veterans—Partners of Veterans—May Board Meeting $1,980.00 27 Balaklava Museum Inc – Commemorative Plaque -Boer War Veterans $1,000.00 28 Veterans SA—Anzac Sporting Medals Program $1,906.26 29 Morgan RSL Sub-Branch—ANZAC Day/Remembrance Day expenses $630.00 30 Veterans SA—Official History of WWI by C W Bean $2,500.00 31 Flinders University of South Australia—Wish Me Luck Exhibition catering—Chaffey Theatre, Renmark $262.00 32 Flinders University of South Australia—South Australians in France project $3,000.00 33 Kangaroo Island RSL Sub-Branch—Light Horse Men uniforms $2,400.00 34 Legacy Club of Adelaide—Legacy Boss Boot Camp Launch $1,464.00 35 RSL – SA—RSL Annual State Government Grant $100,000.00 36 Legacy Club of Adelaide— Annual State Government Grant $100,000.00 TOTAL $273,136.84 The following table details the annual allocation of grants budget for the Veterans' Affairs branch within the Department of Treasury and Finance across the forward estimates: 2016-17$000 2017-18$000 2018-19$000 2019-20$000 2020-21$000 Grants and Subsidies Expenditure Budget 283 283 283 283 283 Budget allocation for the annual allocation of grants for the 2017-18 financial year and forward estimates is $283,000. The figure of $273,136.84 for the 2016-17 financial year was the actual expenditure for that period.