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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2018-11-13" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Government Advertising</name>
      <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001348">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Government Advertising</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Dr CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-11-13">
            <name>Government Advertising</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001349">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (25 September 2018).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4837" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Black</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Environment and Water</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-11-13">
            <name>Government Advertising</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001350">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4837">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001351">
          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;11.8 FTEs were allocated to communication and promotion activities as at &amp;#x9;30 June 2018, costing $1,378,916.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001352">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001353">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Year</cell>
                <cell>No of FTEs budgeted to provide Communication and Promotion Activities </cell>
                <cell>Estimated Employment Expense</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>2018-19</cell>
                <cell>11.8</cell>
                <cell>$1,536,758</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2019-20</cell>
                <cell>11.9</cell>
                <cell>$1,557,131*</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2020-21</cell>
                <cell>11.9</cell>
                <cell>$1,557,131*</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2021-22</cell>
                <cell>11.9</cell>
                <cell>$1,557,131*</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001354">
          <inserted>*Indexed to 2018-19 real terms</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001355" />
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001356">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;SA Water does not have any government-paid advertising.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001357">
          <inserted>All SA Water advertising activity was funded through customer revenue.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111304f727177ca6493b80001358">
          <inserted>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.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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