House of Assembly: Thursday, July 23, 2020

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Economic Stimulus Package

78 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (3 June 2020). As at 3 June 2020, has all of the $350 million announced as an economic stimulus on 11 March 2020 been allocated to specific initiatives?

(a) Please provide a list of the initiatives, along with an estimated cost for each initiative, that have been approved as at 3 June 2020?

(b) Which initiatives that have so far been approved were already budgeted for expenditure across the state budget's forward estimates period?

(c) As at 3 June 2020, how much of the $350 million has been expended by the government, on which initiatives and what amount per initiative?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

(a) The attached table lists for each initiative, the amount estimated to be spent as at 30 June 2020, which is still subject to year-end audit processes, and an estimated profile of the remaining cost.

(b) Around $40 million relates to projects brought forward from future years ($38 million from the period up to 2023-24 and $2 million that would otherwise have been spent in 2024-25). This includes the $15 million for country hospital upgrades and $10 million in social housing maintenance. In addition, $15 million was brought forward from the Planning and Development Fund as part of the government's commitment to work with local councils to deliver $50 million of shovel ready projects to support local jobs.

(c) This is included in the response to part (a).

First Stimulus Package Estimated expenditure to Estimated cost profile from 2020-21
($000s) 30 June 2020 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Total
Bushfire response and recovery -1 312 -19 894 -7 080 -1 011 - 333 -29 630
Accelerate Nature-based Tourism Investment - 47 -9 000 -5 953 -15 000
Roads Infrastructure and Safety Stimulus Package -7 330 -102 500 -34 670 -144 500
Economic and Business Growth Fund -10 000 -10 000 -25 000 -25 000 -70 000
Planning and Development Fund (bringforward) -15 000 -15 000
Acceleration of country health sustainment works (bringforward) -15 000 -15 000
Social Housing maintenance (bringforward) -6 021 -3 979 -10 000
Grassroots sports program -5 000 -5 000
Flinders Chase Kangaroo Island rebuild (estimate only) -1 346 -43 654 -45 000
-36 056 -204 027 -57 703 -26 011 -25 333 -349 130