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Investment Attraction South Australia

58 The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (1 August 2018). Can the minister provide the latest performance data available concerning Investment Attraction South Australia, viz:

(1) Total projects secured by Investment Attraction South Australia;

(2) How many total jobs created from these projects;

(3) The funds invested in these projects;

(4) The total economic benefit brought into the South Australian economy from these projects?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment): I have been advised:

(1) 36 companies.

(2) approximately 2000 actual jobs.

(3) $62.490 million invested to committed projects over 10 years.

(4) For 21 projects of the 36 total that would not have occurred without government funding/loans, this represented $634.8 million capital expenditure.