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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Environment Department</name>
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          <heading>Environment Department</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Mr PATTERSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2022-09-06T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Environment Department</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5384" referenceid="facf38f4c95b4f27b86257b48e3f699a">Mr PATTERSON (Morphett)</by> ((23 June 2022).).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science</name>
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            <name>Minister for Defence and Space Industries</name>
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            <name>Minister for Climate, Environment and Water</name>
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            <name>Environment Department</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4622" referenceid="aa45c8bc1b33484c8becbf1c17397e74">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The following table provides the requested information on grant program/funds under my responsibility for the 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 financial years—Controlled:</inserted>
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                <cell>2024-25 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2025-26 Estimate $000</cell>
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                <cell>National Parks and Wildlife</cell>
                <cell>The sustainable, proactive conservation and management of South Australia's natural places, parks and wildlife ensures the environmental and economic prosperity of the state</cell>
                <cell>3 654</cell>
                <cell>3 526</cell>
                <cell>3 467</cell>
                <cell>3 500</cell>
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                <cell>Water and the River Murray</cell>
                <cell>Water is managed sustainably for the benefit of the community, environment, and economy</cell>
                <cell>28 079</cell>
                <cell>29 138</cell>
                <cell>30 342</cell>
                <cell>31 496</cell>
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                <cell>Environment, Heritage and Sustainability</cell>
                <cell>Develop and deliver strategies, policies and projects that protect and conserve the state's environment and heritage and support sustainable development, in partnership with key bodies, in the face of a changing climate</cell>
                <cell>5 320</cell>
                <cell>3 630</cell>
                <cell>1 980</cell>
                <cell>1 860</cell>
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          <inserted>The following table provides the requested information on grant program/funds under my responsibility for the 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 financial years—Administered:</inserted>
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                <cell>2023-24 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2024-25 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2025-26 Estimate $000</cell>
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                <cell>Administered Items</cell>
                <cell>Financial support grant for Zoos SA, Stormwater Management Authority, Regional Landscape Boards, Adelaide City Council Parklands, South Australian Council of Social Service, and Qualco-Sunlands Ground Water Control Trust</cell>
                <cell>21 788</cell>
                <cell>19 305</cell>
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