A WA parliamentary question seeks details on reviews, committees, inquiries, and taskforces established within the Water portfolio since March 2009. The response reveals one review related to salinity in the Collie River Basin.

AnsweredQoN 1018Legislative Council
Asked
11 August 2009
Portfolio
Water

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For all portfolios, Departments and Agencies, over which the Minister holds responsibility, -
(1) How many reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established since 31 March 2009?
(2) Will the Minister list all the reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established in that period?
(3) What is the name and qualification of each person who heads each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that has been established?
(4) Will the Minister list the commencement date and completion date for all reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(5) Will the Minister list the total cost of sitting fees and the total cost for each of the reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces that have been established?
(6) Will the Minister list the cost of sitting fees to date and estimated total final cost of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce that is still current?

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Answered
9 September 2009
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Water
Response time
29 days
The Water Corporation has provided the following response.
(1) None
(2 - 6) Not applicable.
The Department of Water has provided the following response:
(1) One.
(2) The "Independent Review of Salinity Recovery in the Collie River Basin" (Collie Independent Review) was approved by Cabinet on 20 April 2009 authorising a steering committee to oversee the project.
(3) The Chair of the Collie Independent Review steering committee is
Mr John Ruprecht, Director Water Resource Management, Department of Water.
Mr Ruprecht is a Senior Executive member of the Department of Water.
(4) The Collie Independent Review steering committee first met on 21 May 2009 and the project is planned to be completed by 31 October 2009.
(5) No sitting fees are paid to steering committee members - all members are
ex-officio
members of the public service. The total cost of the review is $250,000 as committed during the election.
(6) Nil sitting fees have been paid to date and the final cost of the review is fixed at $250,000.
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