House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Government Advertising Government Advertising In reply to Mr BROWN House of Assembly Playford Government Advertising In reply to Mr BROWN (Playford) (25 July 2019). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. R. SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide Minister for Child Protection Government Advertising The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection): I have been advised that for the Department for Child Protection: In 2018-19, 5.6 FTEs were on average employed for communication and promotion functions, costing $730,000 ($597,000 without on costs). The 2018-19 variance from budget was due to the communications team having several staff changes during the year and, at times, additional resources being committed to the team for specific projects. 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 including on costs($000s) 2018-19 5.0 569 2019-20 5.0 578 2020-21 5.0 587 2021-22 5.0 596 2022-23 5.0 605 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.