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Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Deliver the government's commitment to develop a new cultural policy. The policy will be developed together with the arts, cultural and creative sector, and will set a long-term vision for arts, culture and creativity in South Australia, as well as aligning with the National Cultural Policy, Revive. In March 2025, the Premier and Minister for Arts released A Place to Create, the new 10- year cultural policy for South Australia, alongside the initial two-year delivery plan (A Place to Create 2025-2027 Delivery Plan).
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outcomes for South Australians 		Deliver the government’s election commitment to convene a taskforce to provide high level independent advice to the Minister for Arts on issues related to work insecurity and income inequality experienced by some South Australian artists and creatives. Following consultation across government (including state and federal), CreateSA finalised the South Australian Government Response to the Artists at Work Taskforce Report, released in July 2025.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Deliver, through CreateSA’s Music Development Office and Arts and Culture Grants Program, a suite of grant and funding programs to support professional artists and businesses working in the state's music industry. Through the Music Development Office and the Arts and Culture Grants Program, CreateSA supported the development of the arts, culture, and creative industries through the provisions of grant funding to individuals, groups, and organisations to enable the presentation of new work, including in new contexts.
Lead whole-of-government economic, social and environmental policy and reform Connect Lot Fourteen and our state’s broader innovation ecosystem. The Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) led the development of South Australia’s Innovation Places Leadership Framework 2024-2034, which the Premier launched on 30 September 2024.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Deliver the Empowering African Youth Program to strengthen connections between young African South Australians and their education, culture and community. A new African Community Liaison Officer was employed through the Department for Education to support African students in seven schools.The Village, a cultural education program, and 1:1 mentoring commenced at seven schools. The African Youth Football Program commenced at six schools and an end-of-term carnival was held on 27 June 2025. Grants were provided to seven African community-based organisations.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Continue to support communities to keep their languages alive among younger generations through additional investment in community language schools in South Australia. DPC maintained support for activities to improve community language school premises, including the establishment of four Community Language Learning Hubs.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Continue to support the delivery of the Multicultural Women’s Micro Business Fund programs to assist culturally and linguistically diverse women to establish their own enterprise. DPC supported the delivery of two, six-month programs in 2024-25, where 20 women from diverse cultural backgrounds were given bespoke support, practical tools, resources and networks to take their enterprising small business ideas to the next level.
Advocate for South Australia’s strategic interests and work collaboratively with the Commonwealth and other jurisdictions in national forums Shape South Australia's intergovernmental relations strategy and provide integrated and effective advocacy across national forums. DPC supported the Premier, through National Cabinet and the Council for the Australian Federation, and supported the development of major intergovernmental agreements, including: the National Access to Justice Partnership 2025-2030; a National Partnership Agreement on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses for a further five years from 2025-26; an interim one-year health and disability agreement for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, while negotiations continue on longer-term arrangements; the 10-year Heads of Agreement (Better and Fairer Schools Agreement 2025-2034).
Lead whole of government economic, social and environmental policy and reform Deliver reform of the state's Emergency Management Act and supporting structures. As at June 2025, the passage of the Emergency Management Act Amendment Bill was finalised through the House of Assembly.
Lead whole-of-government economic, social and environmental policy and reform Lead the development and delivery of a Social Statement for South Australia. DPC undertook targeted engagement, including delivering a series of facilitated roundtables with stakeholders, to inform development of the statement.
Lead whole-of-government economic, social and environmental policy and reform Provide leadership to the government's response to the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, including ensuring that cross-government responses and initiatives are coordinated. DPC collaborated across government to coordinate the government’s response and associated actions arising out of the Royal Commission’s report and recommendations.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Administer a series of Country and Community Cabinet meetings to ensure whole of government engagement with the community. Two Country Cabinets (Victor Harbor and Goolwa; Northern Adelaide Plains) and two Community Cabinets (North East; Unley and Mitcham) were held.
Lead whole-of-government economic, social and environmental policy and reform Deliver reform of state development, coordination and facilitation. The State Development, Coordination and Facilitation Act was passed in Parliament in May 2025.
Advocate for South Australia’s strategic interests and work collaboratively with the Commonwealth and other jurisdictions in national forums Ensure delivery of commitments under the AUKUS Cooperation Agreement. Land exchange was completed, with the State transferring land to the Commonwealth to build the Submarine Construction Yard and Skills and Training Academy Campus at Osborne. Progress was made toward the development of this critical infrastructure.
Pilot innovative approaches to major policy challenges Implement the South Australia Inklings Pilot Program. The pilot program commenced, with 28 practitioners trained and at the time of this report, 62 families were engaged in the program and a further 62 were going through the intake process.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Develop the mobile Sensory Bus initiative. An operator of the Sensory bus has been selected and construction of the bus is scheduled for completion in September 2025.
Work in partnership with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians Deliver the Autism Works Employment Summit. The summit was delivered to 500 attendees from major industry sectors and focussed on practical examples and strategies for enhancing autism inclusion in the workforce.
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with communities to develop programs that achieve positive outcomes for South Australians 		Develop and integrate South Australian public sector co-design principles and definition within government for engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. In collaboration with the South Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation Network (SAACCON), DPC developed a definition and principles of co-design to establish a consistent understanding and application of co-design across state government agencies. This was supported by a public sector event, supported by IPAA SA, to build capability and consistency in the way co-design is applied across the government. More than 500 public sector employees attended the event.

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Drive a culture of accountability, ethics and integrity Ensure 10% of government advertising will be spent in regional media. The state government has committed to ensuring 10% of all government advertising is spent in regional media.
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harness the capability of the broader public sector, growing a culture of collaboration 		Deliver and grow the We Are.SA platform and associated social media channels, to inform South Australians about relevant government news and updates and promote the great work of the South Australian public sector. This platform has continued to gain traction across government and with the wider South Australian audience. Engagement metrics have increased year on year and this has helped to uplift the stature of public sector work and attract quality candidates to the South Australian public sector.

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Enhance SA’s liveability by celebrating diversity, creativity, culture, innovation, and retain and attract talent Provide strategic advice, leadership and expertise on the preservation of South Australia’s cultural collections. Research and advice were provided to support design and operational planning for the Cultural Institutions Storage Facility.
Enhance SA’s liveability by celebrating diversity, creativity, culture, innovation, and retain and attract talent Collaborate with cultural institutions to ensure a strategic, risk-based approach to priority conservation programs across collections. Preventive and treatment conservation programs were delivered, including research, integrated pest management, environmental monitoring, storage and exhibition preparation that supports the ongoing preservation, repatriation and accessibility of the state’s cultural collections.
Enhance SA’s liveability by celebrating diversity, creativity, culture, innovation, and retain and attract talent Deliver Artlab’s component of the implementation of Collections Preparation Plan for the Cultural Institutions Storage Facility Project. Artlab worked in collaboration with the cultural institutions to prepare collections for safe transport and develop strategies for pest management during relocation.
Enhance SA’s liveability by celebrating diversity, creativity, culture, innovation, and retain and attract talent Develop Artlab’s fee-for-service revenue base to maintain critical core staffing resources for the conservation of the state collections while also supporting preservation of community heritage. Diverse conservation services were provided locally, nationally and internationally, including sustaining key heritage items such as the Ruins of St Pauls Macau, South African War Memorial St Kilda, and Women’s Suffrage Petition, South Australian House of Assembly.
Enhance SA’s liveability by celebrating diversity, creativity, culture, innovation, and retain and attract talent Deliver the government’s election commitment to introduce legislation to enshrine how the arts are valued and led in South Australia. Following public consultation through YourSAy, the Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Bill 2025 was drafted.
Plan major government infrastructure projects to meet the long-term needs of South Australians Review and update the Lot
Fourteen Master Plan. 		The updated Lot Fourteen Master Plan was finalised in August 2024 and launched by the Premier on 30 September 2024. The plan will guide continued delivery of built-form at Lot Fourteen, including the district’s first new development, the Innovation Centre. The district is currently home to more than 160 start-ups, businesses and organisations. As of 30 June 2025, the district has an occupancy rate of more than 94 per cent.
Plan major government infrastructure projects to meet the long-term needs of South Australians Oversee delivery of the first new build at Lot Fourteen, the Innovation Centre. The state government has committed to finance and build the Innovation Centre. Renewal SA will project manage delivery under the direction of the State Project Lead, Lot Fourteen, Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Plan major government infrastructure projects to meet the long-term needs of South Australians Establish the Australian Defence Technologies Academy (ADTA). The state government appointed Adelaide University as the operator of the ADTA in September 2024. The ADTA is co-funded by the Australian and South Australian governments under the Adelaide City Deal. It will provide training, education and research capabilities critical to the Defence industry and aligned sectors such as Space and Cyber.
Plan major government infrastructure projects to meet the long-term needs of South Australians Support the Barossa Park Project (Lyndoch Recreation Park Redevelopment). Barossa Park construction was completed in March 2025 and the venue hosted the 2025 AFL Gather Round fixtures in April 2025. A Community Open Day was held to officially open the park for community use on 25 May 2025.
Enhance SA’s liveability by celebrating diversity, creativity, culture, innovation, and retain and attract talent Scale up the Multicultural South Australia Ambassador Program to activate the South Australian Multicultural Charter and to embed its principles within the workforce and business practices of South Australian organisations, including state government agencies. Ten private/not-for-profit/local government organisations were supported to complete Ambassador Program Action Plans.
Boost the state’s economy and cultural prosperity by attracting major events and attractions Manage the Business Events Bid Fund and investment attraction activities including support for the Major Events Attraction Committee and associated funding. Across these three streams of activity, significant major events have been attracted to the state. The pull and appeal of these major events has been utilised to drive investment outcomes, and a strong pipeline of business events have been secured for South Australia, many strategically aligned to the government’s key priorities.

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Implement strategic workforce initiatives to build an agile workforce for the future Implement the Government Advertising and Insights Hub. The Government Advertising and Insights Hub (the Hub) was established on 24 February 2025. The Hub provides a centralised government advertising service optimising specialty workforce skills and experience resulting in greater coordination of government advertising activities and more efficient procurement of external services benefiting both government and suppliers.
Simplify business processes to support our people to do their job effectively and efficiently Support the Government Communications Advisory Committee (GCAC). Strategic oversight of the government's communications approval process was provided, ensuring the timely review and approval of the government's communications activity at GCAC sittings and via the Communications Approval Portal (Launchpad).
Simplify business processes to support our people to do their job effectively and efficiently Progress the ICT insourcing program. The insourcing program, comprising the implementation of an information technology service management system, implementation of a device management system, hardware procurement, licence management and customer transition to new devices and environments, was progressed.
Implement strategic workforce initiatives to build an agile workforce for the future Review and analyse Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) results from the People Matter Employee Survey to inform action planning. An 2025-26 agency action plan was developed that directly speaks to DPC’s survey results and staff engagement.
Implement strategic workforce initiatives to build an agile workforce for the future Develop a talent management framework and explore improvements that consider talent acquisition and mobility. A talent management framework has been developed along with a plan of key initiatives, which are in progress to improve the way DPC attracts, develops and retains a high performing workforce.