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  <date date="2024-10-15T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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          <heading>Consultants and Contractors</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Ms PRATT</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Frome</electorate>
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          <question date="2024-10-15T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="6897" referenceid="281302ba05f944788bbdc4aa3396e0c9">Ms PRATT (Frome)</by> (25 June 2024).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. A. MICHAELS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Enfield</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Small and Family Business</name>
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            <name>Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs</name>
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            <name>Minister for Arts</name>
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            <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5572" referenceid="8d5fbcb4f22e401a94a6418aed69abc2">The Hon. A. MICHAELS (Enfield—Minister for Small and Family Business, Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, Minister for Arts):</by>  I have been advised that for units under my responsibility within the Attorney-General's Department:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The estimated total cost for engagement of consultants and contractors in 2024-25 is $335,000 (excluding temporary labour hire costs).</inserted>
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          <inserted>The following is a summary of external consultants that have been engaged at a total estimated cost above $10,000, the nature of work undertaken, and the estimated cost for 2024-25. </inserted>
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                <cell>Susan Bates</cell>
                <cell>Leadership coaching and facilitated sessions/workshops</cell>
                <cell>$15,000</cell>
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                <cell>Hon. Brian Martin</cell>
                <cell>Investigation into the suitability of SkyCity Adelaide to hold the casino licence and the suitability of its parent company to be a close associate (entire cost will be recovered from SkyCity in accordance with section 25 of the Casino Act 1997).</cell>
                <cell>$300,000</cell>
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        <text id="2024101587b3bcceb1e241ca90000926">
          <inserted>The following is a summary of external contractors that have been engaged at a total estimated cost above $10,000, the nature of work undertaken, and the estimated cost for 2024-25.</inserted>
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                <cell>Contractors</cell>
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                <cell>KPMG</cell>
                <cell>Review of Unclaimed Bonds (Phase 2)</cell>
                <cell>$20,000</cell>
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