House of Assembly: Tuesday, November 06, 2018

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Government Advertising

In reply to Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (26 September 2018). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. D.G. PISONI (Unley—Minister for Industry and Skills): I have been advised that under the previous Labor government the number of FTE's employed to provide communication and promotion activities within the department is as per below:

(a) Department of State Development

Year No of FTEs employed in Communication and Promotion Activities Employment Expense
2017-18 14.0 FTE $1,640,847

*includes employee on costs


(b) Department for Industry and Skills

NOTE: The FTE numbers reflected below are consequential of the arrangements put in place by the former Labor Government.

Year No of FTEs budgeted to provide Communication and Promotion Activities Estimated Employment Expense
2018-19 13.0 FTE $1,582,458
2019-20 13.0 FTE $1,606,195
2020-21 13.0 FTE $1,630,288
2021-22 13.0 FTE $1,654,742

*includes employee on costs and Service Delivery to Democrat


(c) As an open and transparent Government, Marketing Communications Activity Reports and Annual Media Expenditure details are proactively disclosed. The Activity Reports list all marketing campaigns over the cost of $50,000 and are posted on a monthly basis.

This information can be found at: https://dpc.sa.gov.au/what-we-do/services-for-government/government-communications/government-media-advertising-expenditure.