House of Assembly: Tuesday, November 13, 2018

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Government Advertising

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (25 September 2018). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water): I have been advised:

(a) 11.8 FTEs were allocated to communication and promotion activities as at 30 June 2018, costing $1,378,916.

(b)

Year No of FTEs budgeted to provide Communication and Promotion Activities Estimated Employment Expense
2018-19 11.8 $1,536,758
2019-20 11.9 $1,557,131*
2020-21 11.9 $1,557,131*
2021-22 11.9 $1,557,131*

*Indexed to 2018-19 real terms


(c) SA Water does not have any government-paid advertising.

All SA Water advertising activity was funded through customer revenue.

The campaign spend for 2017-18 advertising as approved by the Premier's Communications Advisory Group (PCAG) was $150,098.87. As at 25 October 2018, SA Water has no campaigns currently approved by PCAG for advertising spend in 2018-19.