House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Government Advertising Government Advertising In reply to Dr CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Deputy Leader of the Opposition Government Advertising In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (24 November 2020). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. S.J.R. PATTERSON House of Assembly Morphett Minister for Trade and Investment Government Advertising The Hon. S.J.R. PATTERSON (Morphett—Member of the Executive Council, Minister for Trade and Investment): I have been advised the following: 1.	The Department for Trade and Investment employed 15 FTEs to provide communication and promotion activities in 2019-20 and the total employment cost was $1.592 million. The table below details budgeted FTEs and their estimated employment expense to provide communication and promotion activities on behalf of the department in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24. 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 FTEs 17 16 16 16 Budget $2.146 million $2.063 million $2.094 million $2.125 million The Department for Trade and Investment's total cost of government-paid advertising, including campaigns, across all mediums in 2019-20 was $143 592. Budgeted costs for advertising in 2020-21 is $560 950.