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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-10-15T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Experience Nature Tourism Fund</name>
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          <heading>Experience Nature Tourism Fund</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4362" referenceid="9196416ed01f41d0801ce030b03cd39a" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.S. LEE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2024-10-15T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="383">
            <name>Experience Nature Tourism Fund</name>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001141">
          <inserted>383 <by role="member" id="4362" referenceid="9196416ed01f41d0801ce030b03cd39a">The Hon. J.S. LEE (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) </by>().28 August 2024).  Can the Minister for Tourism advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Can the minister provide a list of all 15 nature-based tourism projects which received funding in round 2 of the Experience Nature Tourism Fund, including the amounts received?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001143">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Can the minister provide a timeline for the third round of the Experience Nature Tourism Fund, including when applications will open and when successful recipients will be assessed and notified?</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Can the minister outline if any changes have been made to the funding priorities or eligibility criteria from previous rounds?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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          <question date="2024-10-15T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="383">
            <name>Experience Nature Tourism Fund</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  The Minister for Tourism has advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001146">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;EscapeGoat Adventures, Adelaide and Adelaide Hills</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001147">
          <inserted>Project amount: $25,920</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001148">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $20,000</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001149">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Gawler Ranges Wilderness Safaris, Eyre Peninsula</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001150">
          <inserted>Project amount: $18,000</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001151">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $14,400</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001152">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Flinders Island Eco Escape, Eyre Peninsula</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001153">
          <inserted>Project amount: $25,000</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001154">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $20,000</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001155">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Australian Coastal Safaris, Eyre Peninsula</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001156">
          <inserted>Project amount: $34,190</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001157">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $25,136</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001158">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;The Backyard Universe, Fleurieu Peninsula</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001159">
          <inserted>Project amount: $24,316</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001160">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $19,452</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001161">
          <inserted>6.&amp;#x9;Camel Treks Australia, Flinders Ranges and Outback</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001162">
          <inserted>Project amount: $33,100</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001163">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $26,480</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001164">
          <inserted>7.&amp;#x9;Research and Discovery Coastal Tours Kangaroo Island, Kangaroo Island</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001165">
          <inserted>Project amount: $23,157</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001166">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $18,525</inserted>
        </text>
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          <inserted>8.&amp;#x9;Untamed Escapes, Kangaroo Island</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001168">
          <inserted>Project amount: $143,731</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001169">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $50,000</inserted>
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          <inserted>9.&amp;#x9;Walk the Limestone Coast, Limestone Coast</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001171">
          <inserted>Project amount: $30,490</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001172">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $20,000</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001173">
          <inserted>10.&amp;#x9;See Adelaide and Beyond, Mainly operating in Limestone Coast, however tour enters multiple regions including Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula, Limestone Coast, Murray River, Lakes and Coorong and Riverland. </inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001174">
          <inserted>Project amount: $74,596</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001175">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $50,000</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001176">
          <inserted>11.&amp;#x9;Ngarrindjeri Lands and Progress Aboriginal Corporation, Murray River, Lakes and Coorong</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001177">
          <inserted>Project amount: $58,871</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001178">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $47,096</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001179">
          <inserted>12.&amp;#x9;Mannum Aboriginal Community Association, Murray River, Lakes and Coorong</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001180">
          <inserted>Project amount: $30,675</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001181">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $24,540</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001182">
          <inserted>13.&amp;#x9;Canoe the Coorong, Fleurieu Peninsula and Murray River, Lakes and Coorong</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001183">
          <inserted>Project amount: $47,273</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001184">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $37,818</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001185">
          <inserted>14.&amp;#x9;Bayside Glamping, Yorke Peninsula</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001186">
          <inserted>Project amount: $143,903</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001187">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $50,000</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001188">
          <inserted>15.&amp;#x9;Australian Private Tours &amp; Charters and SA Eco Tours, Multiple regions including, Fleurieu Peninsula, Flinders Ranges and Outback, Murray River, Lakes and Coorong, Riverland and Yorke Peninsula</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001189">
          <inserted>Project amount: $50,942</inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001190">
          <inserted>Grant amount: $40,753</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001191">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Round three of the Experience Nature Tourism Fund opened for applications on 8 July and closed on 16 August 2024. All applications are being reviewed and are expected to be notified of the outcome in November. </inserted>
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        <text id="20241015150d7b48d8794ea280001192">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;The grant criteria remained the same. </inserted>
        </text>
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