❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the wages of custodial staff at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18, including base wages, average wages, and instances of high earnings. The Minister provides some base wage data but cannot answer other parts of the question due to time constraints.
AnsweredQoN 571Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE AND UNIT 18, CASUARINA
571. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to
Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively.
(1) What is the
base wage of custodial staff at these facilities?
(2) What was the
average wage of custodial staff at these facilities over the previous 12
months?
(3) Did any staff
receive a salary last financial year that was —
(a) more than 50
per cent of their base salary; and, if so, how many; and
(b) more than
double their base salary; and, if so, how many?
(4) Do any of the
staff in (3) hold union positions or hold union membership?
571. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to
Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively.
(1) What is the
base wage of custodial staff at these facilities?
(2) What was the
average wage of custodial staff at these facilities over the previous 12
months?
(3) Did any staff
receive a salary last financial year that was —
(a) more than 50
per cent of their base salary; and, if so, how many; and
(b) more than
double their base salary; and, if so, how many?
(4) Do any of the
staff in (3) hold union positions or hold union membership?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister
for Corrective Services.
(1) The part of
the answer to this question is in tabular form. The table outlines wages for
various custodial roles. I seek leave for it to be incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Level
13
June 2021 (per annum)
Youth
Custodial Officers
1st
Year
$64,172
2nd
Year
$65,781
3rd
Year
$67,482
4th
Year
$69,256
Unit
Managers
1st
Year
$72,896
2nd
Year
$74,781
3rd
Year
$76,723
4th
Year
$78,717
Senior
Officers
1st Year
$81,452
2nd
Year
$83,593
3rd
Year
$85,797
(2)–(3) An
answer to these parts of the question cannot be provided in the time available
owing to the nature of information requested. The honourable member may wish to
put these parts of the question on notice.
(4) Union membership is a private
matter for individual employees.
of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister
for Corrective Services.
(1) The part of
the answer to this question is in tabular form. The table outlines wages for
various custodial roles. I seek leave for it to be incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Level
13
June 2021 (per annum)
Youth
Custodial Officers
1st
Year
$64,172
2nd
Year
$65,781
3rd
Year
$67,482
4th
Year
$69,256
Unit
Managers
1st
Year
$72,896
2nd
Year
$74,781
3rd
Year
$76,723
4th
Year
$78,717
Senior
Officers
1st Year
$81,452
2nd
Year
$83,593
3rd
Year
$85,797
(2)–(3) An
answer to these parts of the question cannot be provided in the time available
owing to the nature of information requested. The honourable member may wish to
put these parts of the question on notice.
(4) Union membership is a private
matter for individual employees.
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