Government Advertising

In reply to Mr GEE (Taylor) (18 November 2020). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): I have been advised the following:

Table 1 shows the Department of Treasury and Finance's total FTE, actual and budgeted, to provide communication and promotion activities for the period 2019-20 to 2023-24:

Table 1: FTE employed in communication and promotion activities

The increase in Super SA's FTEs from 2020-21 compared with 2019-20 reflects Super SA's board approved plans to expand its services into fund selection and limited public offering.

Table 2 shows the CTP Regulator's total FTE, actual and budgeted, to provide communication and promotion activities for the period 2019-20 to 2023-24:

Table 2: FTE employed in communication and promotion activities CTP Regulator

Table 3 shows the Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment's total FTE, actual and budgeted, to provide communication and promotion activities for the period 2019-20 to 2023-24:

Table 3: FTE employed in communication and promotion activities—Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment

In relation to the Office of the Industry Advocate, no FTE's are directly assigned to advertising or promotional activities.

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.