House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-10-14 Daily Xml

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Community Support Services

77 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (12 August 2014). How much money within the Community Support Services program has been allocated to state disaster recovery and relief in 2014-15 budget through the Department of Communities and Social Inclusion?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers):

1. The State Recovery Office manages the disaster relief and recovery component of the Community Support Services program. The State Recovery Office has an overall budget of $719,782 in 2014-15, which includes salaries and wages.

This figure refers to the budgeted component of the Community Support Services program only. In the event of a disaster, additional funding may be allocated to the State Recovery Office for expenses incurred to support the recovery of affected communities. The value of this funding will be determined by the scale of the disaster.