Government Advertising

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (24 November 2020).

The Hon. S.J.R. PATTERSON (Morphett—Member of the Executive Council, Minister for Trade and Investment): I have been advised the following:

1. The Department for Trade and Investment employed 15 FTEs to provide communication and promotion activities in 2019-20 and the total employment cost was $1.592 million.

The table below details budgeted FTEs and their estimated employment expense to provide communication and promotion activities on behalf of the department in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24.

The Department for Trade and Investment's total cost of government-paid advertising, including campaigns, across all mediums in 2019-20 was $143 592. Budgeted costs for advertising in 2020-21 is $560 950.