❓ Hon. Sally Talbot questions the Minister for Environment regarding the 2012 Great Cocky Count, specifically delays in releasing the 2011 results and potential impact on volunteer participation. The Minister provides answers regarding recruitment, timing, reasons for delay, and report release.
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GREAT
COCKY COUNT
24. Hon SALLY
TALBOT to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:
(1) Is the
Department of Environment and Conservation currently recruiting for volunteers
to take part in the 2012 Great Cocky Count?
(2) When will the 2012 Great Cocky
Count be conducted?
(3) Given that
the results of the 2010 Great Cocky Count were made public just four months
after the count took place, why have the 2011 results still not been released
after 11 months?
(4) Noting the
minister's answer to my question about this delay last October, can the
minister inform the house exactly what ''analysis, interpretation and
review'' he believes the 2011 results require prior to release?
(5) How do the
preliminary results that the minister said he had seen last October differ from
the results that are presumably sitting on his desk following the ''analysis,
interpretation and review''?
(6) When will the minister release
the 2011 results?
(7) Is DEC aware
of volunteers who are refusing to take part in the 2012 Great Cocky Count
because the 2011 results have not been made public?
COCKY COUNT
24. Hon SALLY
TALBOT to the minister representing the Minister for Environment:
(1) Is the
Department of Environment and Conservation currently recruiting for volunteers
to take part in the 2012 Great Cocky Count?
(2) When will the 2012 Great Cocky
Count be conducted?
(3) Given that
the results of the 2010 Great Cocky Count were made public just four months
after the count took place, why have the 2011 results still not been released
after 11 months?
(4) Noting the
minister's answer to my question about this delay last October, can the
minister inform the house exactly what ''analysis, interpretation and
review'' he believes the 2011 results require prior to release?
(5) How do the
preliminary results that the minister said he had seen last October differ from
the results that are presumably sitting on his desk following the ''analysis,
interpretation and review''?
(6) When will the minister release
the 2011 results?
(7) Is DEC aware
of volunteers who are refusing to take part in the 2012 Great Cocky Count
because the 2011 results have not been made public?
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I thank the member for some notice
of this question.
(1) The
recruiting of volunteers for the 2012 Great Cocky Count is being coordinated by
Birdlife Australia.
(2) Sunday, 15 April.
(3)–(4) The
draft 2011 Great Cocky Count report also included results from the 2010 count
and interpretation of the changes between 2010 and 2011, as well as additional
information on the species. There was therefore a greater need to review and
edit the 2011 report compared with the 2010 report.
(5) The results
have not changed. The changes to the draft report related primarily to
additional analysis carried out of the relationship between feeding habitat and
roosting birds, and normal review and editing prior to publication.
(6) The report
will be released jointly by Birdlife Australia and the Department of
Environment and Conservation, and is imminent.
(7) No.
of this question.
(1) The
recruiting of volunteers for the 2012 Great Cocky Count is being coordinated by
Birdlife Australia.
(2) Sunday, 15 April.
(3)–(4) The
draft 2011 Great Cocky Count report also included results from the 2010 count
and interpretation of the changes between 2010 and 2011, as well as additional
information on the species. There was therefore a greater need to review and
edit the 2011 report compared with the 2010 report.
(5) The results
have not changed. The changes to the draft report related primarily to
additional analysis carried out of the relationship between feeding habitat and
roosting birds, and normal review and editing prior to publication.
(6) The report
will be released jointly by Birdlife Australia and the Department of
Environment and Conservation, and is imminent.
(7) No.
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