House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Public Service Employees Public Service Employees The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Public Service Employees In reply to the Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (25 July 2019). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly Stuart Minister for Energy and Mining Public Service Employees The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): I have been advised that for the Department for Energy and Mining: At 30 June 2019 8.4 FTEs were allocated to communication and promotion functions in 2018-19, costing $0.83 million. The table below outlines the budgeted FTEs and estimated employment costs: Year No of FTEs budgeted to provide Communication and Promotion Activities Estimated Employment Expense 2019-20 7.8 $0.79 million 2020-21 7.8 $0.80 million 2021-22 7.8 $0.81 million 2022-23 7.8 $0.82 million As an open and transparent government, marketing communications activity reports and annual media expenditure details are proactively disclosed. The reports list all marketing campaigns over the cost of $50,000 and are disclosed on the DPC website: https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/about-the-department/accountability/government-marketing-advertising-expenditure.