House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Investing Expenditure Projects Investing Expenditure Projects The Hon. A. PICCOLO House of Assembly Light Investing Expenditure Projects 1404 The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light) (24 September 2019). With reference to the investing expenditure summary in the table found in 2019-20 Budget Paper No. 4, Vol. 3, p. 141, can you explain why the 2018-19 budgeted figure of $11.926 million for planning reform implementation was not invested in full, and why the estimated result for that year was almost $2 million short of this figure, at $7.941 million? The Hon. S.K. KNOLL House of Assembly Schubert Minister for Transport Minister for Planning Investing Expenditure Projects The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning): I have been advised the following: The variance between the 2018-19 budget and 2018-19 estimated result should equate to $3.985 million. During 2018-19, the budget of $4.4 million for the planning reform implementation was reprofiled across the forward estimates in response to the approval of a three phase deployment strategy for the new system (Phase 1—Outback Areas, Phase 2—Rural Areas and Phase 3—Urban Areas). Further, $0.9 million of unused funds from 2017-18 was carried over into 2018-19 and a budget of $0.5 million was reclassified to operating. This funding was to support a more extensive program of community engagement and change management compared to what was initially expected.