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  <date date="2018-11-13" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Grant Programs</name>
      <page num="3623" />
      <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001370">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Grant Programs</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <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>Grant Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001371">
          <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>Grant Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001372">
          <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="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001373">
          <inserted>The following table provides the allocation of the Environment Protection Authority's grant program/funds for 2017-18 and across the forward estimates:</inserted>
        </text>
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          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Grant program/fund name </cell>
                <cell>Purpose of grant program/fund </cell>
                <cell>2017-18 Estimated result $000</cell>
                <cell>2018-19 Budget $000</cell>
                <cell>2019-20 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2020-21 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2021-22 Estimate $000</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>Caring For Our Country—Catchment to Coast focus for water quality improvement across urban Adelaide</cell>
                <cell>Building community capacity for water quality improvement in Adelaide coastal waters</cell>
                <cell>552,000</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Cooperative Research Centre Projects</cell>
                <cell>Contribution towards research to enhance Australia's industrial, commercial and economic growth through development of sustained user driver cooperative public private research centres.</cell>
                <cell>100,000</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Premium food and wine co-innovation clusters*</cell>
                <cell>Improve the long term growth and competitiveness of South Australian agriculture, food and wine industries by providing funding to support the establishment of innovation clusters to arrest the decline in agricultural productivity growth.</cell>
                <cell>43,000</cell>
                <cell>44,000*</cell>
                <cell>45,000*</cell>
                <cell>46,000*</cell>
                <cell>47,000*</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Environment Protection Council (NEPC)</cell>
                <cell>SA's contribution towards the secretariat operational budget for the NEPC Service Corporation</cell>
                <cell>19,000</cell>
                <cell>19,000</cell>
                <cell>20,000</cell>
                <cell>20,000</cell>
                <cell>20,000</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001375">
          <item>
            <inserted># Please note: In Department of Treasury and Finance the term 'Estimated result' is Revised budget</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001376">
          <item>
            <inserted>* Advice received from PIRSA that this funding will not be available beginning from 2018-19. Budget adjustment to be made.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001377" />
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001378">
          <inserted>The following table details the Environment Protection Authority's commitment of grants in 2017-18 and 1 July 2018:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001379">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Grant program/fund name</cell>
                <cell>Beneficiary/Recipient</cell>
                <cell>Purpose</cell>
                <cell>Value$</cell>
                <cell>Subject to grant agreement under TI I5</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>Caring For Our Country—Catchment to Coast focus for water quality improvement across urban Adelaide</cell>
                <cell>City of West Torrens</cell>
                <cell>Construction of Raingarden 500</cell>
                <cell>1,500</cell>
                <cell>Yes</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Caring For Our Country—Catchment to Coast focus for water quality improvement across urban Adelaide</cell>
                <cell>Corporation of the City of Adelaide </cell>
                <cell>Construction of Raingarden 500</cell>
                <cell>5,000</cell>
                <cell>Yes</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Caring For Our Country—Catchment to Coast focus for water quality improvement across urban Adelaide</cell>
                <cell>Corporation of the City of Norwood, Payneham &amp; St Peters</cell>
                <cell>Construction of Raingardens 500 </cell>
                <cell>5,000</cell>
                <cell>Yes</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Caring For Our Country—Catchment to Coast focus for water quality improvement across urban Adelaide</cell>
                <cell>City of West Torrens</cell>
                <cell>Raingarden Interpretive Trail</cell>
                <cell>8,250</cell>
                <cell>Yes</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001380" />
        <page num="3624" />
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001381">
          <inserted>The following table details the Environment Protection Authority's commitment of grants in 1 July 2018:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001382">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Grant program/fund name</cell>
                <cell>Beneficiary/Recipient</cell>
                <cell>Purpose</cell>
                <cell>Value$</cell>
                <cell>Subject to grant agreement under TI I5</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>National Environment Protection Council (NEPC)</cell>
                <cell>Department of the Environment (Federal)</cell>
                <cell>SA's contribution towards the secretariat operational budget for the NEPC Service Corporation </cell>
                <cell>19,000</cell>
                <cell>Yes</cell>
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            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018111351c0932beb4d449080001383" />
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