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Operating Budgets

310 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (25 July 2018). Have any departments or agencies estimated to have underspent against their approved 2017-18 capital/investing budgets?

(a) Which agencies are estimated to have underspent?

(b) By how much has each agency estimated to have underspent?

(c) What are the reasons for each agency's underspending?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): The Treasurer has advised:

During 2017-18 agency budgets were revised to reflect decisions made in the Mid-Year Budget Review as well as any subsequent decisions of the government. Agencies are monitored against that revised budget.

In the May monitoring report the following agencies were estimating to underspend against their approved 2017-18 investing budget:

Planning, Transport and Infrastructure ($121.3 million) as a result of delays by contractors undertaking works for a number of projects including the Northern Connector, Darlington Upgrade and Tonsley Rail Extension

Environment and Water ($28.1 million) as a result of delays in a number of commonwealth funded projects including the SA Riverland floodplains Integrated Infrastructure program as well as the Riverine Recovery and SE Flows Restoration projects

Premier and Cabinet ($21.6 million) as a result of delays associated with the Emergency Generator project and Brukunga mine remediation works

Education ($20.3 million) as a result of delays in a number of projects including STEM Facilities and Building Better Schools

Health and Wellbeing ($11.9 million) as a result of delays associated with a number of projects including the Women's and Children's Hospital Upgrade, EPAS and SA Pathology consolidation to Frome Road

State Development ($4.2 million) as a result of underspends associated with the Business Transformation and WorkReady and Arts Collection Storage projects.

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