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 Ms HILDYARD House of Assembly Reynell Government Advertising In reply to Ms HILDYARD (Reynell) (29 July 2021). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. R. SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide Minister for Child Protection Government Advertising The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection): I have been advised the following: The average actual FTE for 2020-2021 in relation to the Communications and Engagement Unit was 5.7 FTE with total employee benefits expenditure of $667,567. The unit's employees cover the discrete functions of internal communications, external communications, media enquiries (including social media), online communications (website and other digital platforms), as well as a manager. 5.0 FTE is budgeted to provide communication and promotion activities for 2021-22 with an expenditure budget of $610,491. The total expenditure on government-paid advertising, including carer recruitment and information campaigns, across all mediums in 2020-21 was $35,539 with associated budget for 2021-22 of $34,000. 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.