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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-03-05T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Green Industries Fund</name>
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          <heading>Green Industries Fund</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="2024-03-05T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="324">
            <name>Green Industries Fund</name>
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          <inserted>324 <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO </by>().7 February 2024).  Can the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Since 1 January 2023 how much has been expended on 'climate change initiatives' as permitted under Section 17(5)(b)(i) of the Green Industries SA Act 2004?</inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;As at 1 January 2024 what was the balance of the Green Industries Fund?</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="2024-03-05T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="324">
            <name>Green Industries Fund</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 Climate, Environment and Water has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Since 1 January 2023, $18.878 million has been expended from the Green Industry Fund on climate change initiatives under Section 17(5)(b)(i) of the Green Industries SA Act 2004.</inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;As at 1 January 2024, the balance of the Green Industries Fund is $47,847,734.</inserted>
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