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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-05-31T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Autism Support</name>
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          <heading>Autism Support</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-05-31T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="238">
            <name>Autism Support</name>
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          <inserted>238 <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO </by>().22 February 2023).  Can the Minister for Education, Training and Skills, advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;For the financial years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (separated by financial year) how much funding was provided by the Department for Education to Autism SA? </inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How much funding was provided to Autism SA by the Department for Education in the 2022-23 budget? </inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;What specific programs did funding in the 2022-23 budget support and how much did each program receive? </inserted>
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          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;How much funding was provided to Autism SA by the Department for Education in the 2022-23 Mid-Year Budget Review? </inserted>
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          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;What specific programs did funding in 2022-23 MYBR support and how much did each program receive?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <question date="2023-05-31T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="238">
            <name>Autism Support</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  The Minister for Education, Training and Skills has advised: </inserted>
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          <inserted>The Department for Education has an agreement with Autism SA for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 January 2025 to assist the department to deliver the Early Intervention Program and School Support Program in government and non-government schools and preschools. Autism SA delivers both programs within the agreement and the funding provided. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The table below shows grant payments made by the Department for Education to Autism SA for the financial years 2018-19 to 2021-22.</inserted>
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                <cell>Financial Year </cell>
                <cell>2018-19 </cell>
                <cell>2019-20 </cell>
                <cell>2020-21 </cell>
                <cell>2021-22 </cell>
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                <cell>Funding paid–GST exc </cell>
                <cell>$3,027,218 </cell>
                <cell>$6,876,719 </cell>
                <cell>$2,692,000 </cell>
                <cell>$4,577,137.50 </cell>
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