SA's Strategic Plan Targets

PIRSA's goals reflect targets outlined in South Australia’s Strategic Plan (external site), an initiative of the State Government. It is the lead agency for four targets in South Australia’s Strategic Plan. In the areas of minerals and exploration – the target is to maintain mining exploration investment of A$100 million annually and boosting mineral production and processing to A$4 billion by 2014. For local government the aim is to increase voter participation in local government elections to 50% within 10 years. Other areas of PIRSA will contribute significantly to other targets, with the State Food Plan contributing to the State-wide goal of increasing exports to A$25 billion by 2014.

The key themes of South Australia’s Strategic Plan are:

  • Growing Prosperity
  • Improving Wellbeing
  • Attaining Sustainability
  • Fostering Creativity
  • Building Communities
  • Expanding Opportunity

PIRSA is the lead agency for State Government's contribution toward achieving South Australia’s Strategic Plan targets:

  • T1.17 Minerals and exploration: Exploration expenditure in South Australia to be maintained in excess of A$100 million per annum until 2010
  • T1.18 Minerals production: Increase the value of minerals production to A$3 billion by 2014
  • T1.19 Minerals processing: Increase the value of minerals processing to A$1 billion by 2014
  • T5.5 Local government elections: Increase voter participation in local government elections in South Australia to 50% by 2014

PIRSA is a key contributing agency for many other targets:

  • T1.14 Total exports: Treble the value of South Australia's export income to A$25 billion by 2014
  • T1.21 Strategic infrastructure: Match the national average in terms of investment in key economic and social infrastructure 
  • T1.22 Total population: Increase South Australia's population to 2 million by 2050 with an interim target of 1.64 million by 2014
  • T3.12 Renewable energy: Support the development of renewable energy so that it comprises 20% of the state's energy production and consumption by 2014
  • T3.15 Aboriginal lands - access and management: Resolve 75% of all native title claims by 2014
  • T3.3 Soil protection: By 2014, achieve a 20% increase in South Australia's agricultural cropping land that is adequately protected from erosion
  • T3.4 Marine biodiversity: By 2010 create 19 marine parks aimed at maximising ecological outcomes
  • T4.7 Business innovation: The proportion of South Australian businesses innovating to exceed 50% in 2010 and 60% in 2014
  • T4.10 Investment in science and research - Australian government resources: Secure Australian government research and development resources to 10% above South Australia's per capita share by 2010 and increase this share to 25% by 2014, for both public and private spheres
  • T5.9 Regional population levels: Maintain regoinal South Australia's share of the state's population (18%)

PIRSA is part of a whole-of-government initiative and contributes to the following targets:

  • T1.7 Performance in the public sector - customer and client satisfaction with government services: Increase the satisfaction of South Australians' with government services by 10% by 2010, maintaining or exceeding that level of satisfaction thereafter
  • T1.8 Performance in the public sector - government decision making: Become, by 2010, the best-performing jurisdiction in Australia in timeliness and transparecy of decisions which impact the business community (and maintain that rating)
  • T1.9 Performance in the public sector - administrative efficiency: Increase the ratio of operational to administrative expenditure in state government by 2010, and maintain or better that ratio thereafter
  • T3.13 Energy efficiency - government buildings: Improve the energy efficiency of government buildings by 25% from 2000-01 levels by 2014
  • T5.1 Boards and committees: Increase the number of women on all state government boards and committees to 50% on average by 2008, and maintain thereafter by ensuring that 50% of women are appointed, on average, each quarter
  • T5.2 Chairs of boards and committees: Increase the number of women chairing state government boards and committees by 2010
  • T6.1 Aboriginal wellbeing: Improve the overall wellbeing of Aboriginal South Australians
  • T6.22 Diversity in the public sector - people with disabilities: Double the number of people with disabilities employed by 2014
  • T6.23 Diversity in the public sector - women: Have women comprising half of the public sector employees in the executive levels (including chief executives) by 2014
  • T6.24 Diversity in the public sector - Aboriginal employees: Increase the participation of Aboriginal people in the South Australian public sector, spread across all classifications and agencies, to 2% by 2010 and maintain or better those levels through to 2014