Hon Ray Halligan asks about a debt owed by the former Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) to the Department of Fisheries, related to a salary contribution for a shire ranger working as a fisheries officer in Shark Bay. The debt was written off because the Department of Fisheries agreed to cover the outstanding salary balance after the original arrangement was discontinued.

AnsweredQoN 1117Legislative Council
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22 November 2006
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Fisheries

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MINISTERIAL OFFICES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES - BAD DEBTS WRITTEN OFF
I refer to the answer to question on notice 3836. (1) What was the nature of the then Department of Conservation and Land Management’s debt? (2) What was the justification for writing it off? Hon JON FORD

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I thank Hon Ray Halligan for some notice of this question. (1) The debt related to a salary recoup for an officer employed in the Shark Bay area. There was a deed of arrangement between the Department of Fisheries and the then Department of Conservation and Land Management whereby CALM agreed to contribute towards the salary of a shire ranger whom the department employed and continues to employ as a fisheries officer. (2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.
(1) What was the nature of the then Department of Conservation and Land Management’s debt? (2) What was the justification for writing it off? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Ray Halligan for some notice of this question. (1) The debt related to a salary recoup for an officer employed in the Shark Bay area. There was a deed of arrangement between the Department of Fisheries and the then Department of Conservation and Land Management whereby CALM agreed to contribute towards the salary of a shire ranger whom the department employed and continues to employ as a fisheries officer. (2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.
(2) What was the justification for writing it off? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Ray Halligan for some notice of this question. (1) The debt related to a salary recoup for an officer employed in the Shark Bay area. There was a deed of arrangement between the Department of Fisheries and the then Department of Conservation and Land Management whereby CALM agreed to contribute towards the salary of a shire ranger whom the department employed and continues to employ as a fisheries officer. (2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Ray Halligan for some notice of this question. (1) The debt related to a salary recoup for an officer employed in the Shark Bay area. There was a deed of arrangement between the Department of Fisheries and the then Department of Conservation and Land Management whereby CALM agreed to contribute towards the salary of a shire ranger whom the department employed and continues to employ as a fisheries officer. (2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.
I thank Hon Ray Halligan for some notice of this question. (1) The debt related to a salary recoup for an officer employed in the Shark Bay area. There was a deed of arrangement between the Department of Fisheries and the then Department of Conservation and Land Management whereby CALM agreed to contribute towards the salary of a shire ranger whom the department employed and continues to employ as a fisheries officer. (2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.
(1) The debt related to a salary recoup for an officer employed in the Shark Bay area. There was a deed of arrangement between the Department of Fisheries and the then Department of Conservation and Land Management whereby CALM agreed to contribute towards the salary of a shire ranger whom the department employed and continues to employ as a fisheries officer. (2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.
(2) After the arrangement was discontinued, the Department of Fisheries agreed to fund the outstanding balance of the officer’s salary.

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