00:00Jing Cheol munching, blissfully unaware of the cost of keeping Adelaide's panda pair.
00:08South Australians have woken up today to see a budget about pandas and pork barrelling
00:13in the eastern states.
00:14As a not-for-profit conservation charity, our focus is on conservation and it's on the
00:19care of animals.
00:20We would always be thankful for additional funding.
00:23Nothing has changed in last night's agreement.
00:25The budget details a cost to the Commonwealth of nearly four million dollars over four years
00:29for the cuddly creatures.
00:31Money well spent, according to the state.
00:34Pandas are about tourism and they are about relationship with China.
00:40Both of those are enormous earners for South Australia.
00:44What South Australians are also going to see from this federal budget this year is that
00:49there is more for pandas at the Adelaide Zoo than there is for our farmers.
00:54Primary producers had hoped for a bit of extra help amid a dry spell pushing many to the
00:58brink.
00:59I think it's fairly obvious that it was a out-of-suburban mortgage built budget as we
01:04head into an election and that's where it was targeted.
01:06The federal government says it's working with the state to support farmers impacted by the
01:10lack of rain.
01:12Key measures in the budget for SA included previously announced hundreds of millions
01:15for the Wyala Steelworks and $125 million to remove a northern suburbs level crossing.
01:21The federal government has been incredibly responsive to the needs of South Australians
01:25and the Wyala, notwithstanding, they've also put in a lot of additional money.
01:30Confidence from the government that SA received its fair share.
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