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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-09-11" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Treasury and Finance Department</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Treasury and Finance Department</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
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          <question date="2019-09-11">
            <name>Treasury and Finance Department</name>
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        </questions>
        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001704">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4842">the Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee)</by> (24 July 2019).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Treasurer</electorate>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  I have been advised the following:</inserted>
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            <inserted>As part of the 2018-19 budget process, the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) was allocated new savings measures of $12.061 million commencing in 2018-19. </inserted>
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        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001707">
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            <inserted>DTF has achieved its savings targets for 2018-19.</inserted>
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            <inserted>The following strategies have been implemented to meet the savings targets for 2018-19:</inserted>
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        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001709">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>FTE reductions associated with general efficiencies, organisation restructures and work reprioritisations of business units across the department</inserted>
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        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001710">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>FTE reductions associated with the identification of and the abolition of long-standing vacant positions</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>FTE reductions associated with a reduction in ministerial chauffeurs</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Reduction in general goods and services expenditure</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001713">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Reduction in SafeWork SA vehicle fleet and associated FBT cost</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001714">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Recovery of car parking costs from staff at SafeWork SA and associated FBT cost</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001715">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Removal of the ground floor front counter in RevenueSA</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001716">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Abolishment of the Young Workers Legal Services Funding Program and WHS Representative Training Subsidies Program of SafeWork SA</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001717">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>A rationalisation of computer program licenses across the department</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="201909115c3146f966f743ac90001718">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Increased compliance revenue resulting from both industry specific support and the implementation of a taxpayer education strategy.'</inserted>
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