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  <date date="2020-12-01" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Government Advertising</name>
      <page num="3568" />
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Government Advertising</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Dr CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-12-01">
            <name>Government Advertising</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20201201284de967b3214cfbb0001523">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (24 November 2020).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4837" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Black</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Environment and Water</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-12-01">
            <name>Government Advertising</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20201201284de967b3214cfbb0001524">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4837">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water):</by>  I have been advised that for the Environment Protection Authority:</inserted>
        </text>
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            <inserted>For 2019-20, four FTEs were allocated to communication and promotion functions, costing $476,304.</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1">
            <inserted>The table below outlines the budgeted FTEs and estimated employment costs:</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20201201284de967b3214cfbb0001527">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Year</cell>
                <cell>No of FTEs budgeted to provide Communication and Promotion Activities</cell>
                <cell>Estimated Employment Expense ($)</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>2020-21</cell>
                <cell>4.0</cell>
                <cell>495,912</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2021-22</cell>
                <cell>4.0</cell>
                <cell>503,351</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2022-23</cell>
                <cell>4.0</cell>
                <cell>510,901</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>2023-24</cell>
                <cell>4.0</cell>
                <cell>518,564</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
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        <text id="20201201284de967b3214cfbb0001529">
          <item sublevel="1">
            <inserted>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:</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <bookmark>https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/about-the-department/accountability/government-marketing-advertising-expenditure</bookmark>
        <text id="20201201284de967b3214cfbb0001530">
          <item sublevel="1">
            <inserted>
              <subheading>https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/about-the-department/accountability/government-marketing-advertising-expenditure</subheading>
            </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
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