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❓ Question seeks details on the relocation of the Department of Parks and Wildlife headquarters to Bunbury, including staff numbers, incentives, housing, relocation expenses, and redundancy payouts. The Minister's response indicates that these details are still under planning.

AnsweredQoN 2790Legislative Council

Asked

10 March 2015

Member

Hon Adele Farina

Portfolio

Environment

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I refer to the Government’s announcement to relocate the Department of Parks and Wildlife headquarters to Bunbury, and I ask: (a) how many staff (by headcount and FTE) does the Government envisage will be relocated from Perth to Bunbury in the first year of the department’s headquarters opening in Bunbury; (b) what incentives will be provided to department staff willing to relocate from Perth to Bunbury; (c) will the Government provide government regional officers' housing in Bunbury for department staff willing to relocate from Perth to Bunbury; (d) will the Government cover all relocation expenses for department staff relocating from Perth to Bunbury; and (e) what payout will the Government offer department staff whose position in Perth is made redundant in order to relocate FTEs to the Bunbury headquarters who do not wish to relocate to Bunbury?

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Answered

24 March 2015

Responded by

Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment

Response time

14 days

The Minister for Environment has provided the following response.
(a)-(e) These matters are part of the planning work that is currently being undertaken.

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