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❓ The parliamentary question seeks information on staffing levels, location, and consultancy expenditure related to Araluen Botanic Park. The answer reveals minimal direct public sector involvement and no consultancy spending.

AnsweredQoN 3555Legislative Assembly

Asked

18 February 2015

Member

Mr P. Papalia

Portfolio

Environment

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At the date of this question, what was the total number of people employed in managing/operating Araluen Botanic Park: (a) what number of each public sector classification level and each Senior Executive Service band were employed in these roles; (b) what number of these people were employed at Araluen Botanic Park and what number were located elsewhere (state location); and (c) how much money in total was spent on consultancy in support of Araluen Botanic Park during the last 12 months before the date of the question and what was the breakdown of expenditure on consultancy (i.e. how much was spent on each contract and what was the topic/task of each consultancy contract?

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Answered

11 March 2015

Responded by

Minister for Environment

Response time

21 days

(a) The Department of Parks and Wildlife has one Level 5 Public Service Award staff member at 0.4 full time equivalent who undertakes a liaison role with the Araluen Botanic Park Foundation.
(b) This position is based at the Department's Swan Region office in Crawley.
(c) No money was spent on consultancy in support of Araluen Botanic Park during the last 12 months.

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