Question regarding the payment methods and potential budget implications for staff involved in the City of Perth panel inquiry. The answer reveals details about hourly rates and fixed contracts, while confirming the inquiry will stay within its allocated budget.

AnsweredQoN 5275Legislative Assembly
Asked
6 August 2019
Portfolio
Local Government

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to
the Minister’s answer to Supplementary Information No. B12 in Assembly Estimates
Committee B on 21 May 2019 relating to the payment method of staff attached to
the City of Perth panel inquiry, and ask: (a) How
many of the inquiry staff are paid on an hourly rate: (i) What
are the hourly rates being paid to the staff; (b) How
many of the inquiry staff are on a fixed contract; and (c) As some
expert staff on the panel are paid by the hour, is there provision for more
funding for the inquiry panel should it require more resources to be completed
by January 2020 as planned?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
17 September 2019
Responded by
Minister for Local Government
Response time
12 days
(a) One
(i) The agency rate is approximately $100 per hour.
(b) 16
(c) The panel will continue to operate within the allocated budget.

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