❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding staffing levels, funding, and future plans for temporary staff at the Coroner's Court. The Attorney General provides details on permanent and temporary staff, clarifies funding, and outlines plans for future funding allocation.
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(1) Will the Attorney General specify the number of permanent staff employed by the Coroner’s Court, including their levels, title, salary and full-time equivalent (FTE) status?
(2) Will the Attorney General specify the number of temporary staff employed by the Coroner’s Court due to the emergency funding provided in August 2009, including their levels, title, salary and FTE status?
(3) When did each of those temporary staff referred to at (2) commence employment?
(4) Until what date will the emergency funding continue to sustain the temporary positions?
(5) What is the Attorney General’s plan for the continuation of these positions after the emergency funding is exhausted?
(2) Will the Attorney General specify the number of temporary staff employed by the Coroner’s Court due to the emergency funding provided in August 2009, including their levels, title, salary and FTE status?
(3) When did each of those temporary staff referred to at (2) commence employment?
(4) Until what date will the emergency funding continue to sustain the temporary positions?
(5) What is the Attorney General’s plan for the continuation of these positions after the emergency funding is exhausted?
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Answered
16 June 2010
Response time
41 days
(1) 12 FTE comprising:
Office Manager, Level 7, $102,144 1.0 FTE
Registry Manager, Level 5, $77,405 1.0 FTE
Administrator, Level 4, $66,538 1.0 FTE
Systems Officer, Level 3, $60,707 1.0 FTE
Secretary, Level 2, $52,916 1.0 FTE
Coronial Counsellors x 2, Level 2SC, $83,322 (each) 2.0 FTE
Court Officers x 3, Level 2, $52,916 (each) 3.0 FTE
Counsel Assisting, Class 1, $147,934 1.0 FTE
Assistant Registry Officer Level 3, $60, 707 1.0 FTE
(2) There has been no "emergency" funding. Additional funding has been allocated in 2009/10 and 2010/11 and has been described as temporary simply because consideration of the quantum of a more permanent allocation is set to occur in the context of a forthcoming Law Reform Commission report. Additional funding has enabled provisions of:
6 FTE comprising:
Receptionist, Level 2, $52,916 1.0 FTE
Court Officer, Level 2, $52,916 1.0 FTE
Counsel Assisting x 2 Level 4LG, $118,058 (each) 2.0 FTE
Senior Counsellor, Level 3SC, $87,732 1.0 FTE
Medical Advisor, Level 5SC, $113,683 (part-time @ $150 + GST per hour)
They are employed on fixed term contracts until 30 June 2010.
(3) The Medical Advisor was available part-time from 1 July 2009 and the Receptionist commenced mid August 2009. The remaining temporary staff were employed between 2 December 2009 and 11 January 2010.
(4) 30 June 2010.
(5) The Office of the State Coroner will receive $641,000 in 2010/11 to continue work on reducing a backlog of outstanding cases. The allocation of that funding will, at first instance, be within the determination of the Coroner.
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Office Manager, Level 7, $102,144 1.0 FTE
Registry Manager, Level 5, $77,405 1.0 FTE
Administrator, Level 4, $66,538 1.0 FTE
Systems Officer, Level 3, $60,707 1.0 FTE
Secretary, Level 2, $52,916 1.0 FTE
Coronial Counsellors x 2, Level 2SC, $83,322 (each) 2.0 FTE
Court Officers x 3, Level 2, $52,916 (each) 3.0 FTE
Counsel Assisting, Class 1, $147,934 1.0 FTE
Assistant Registry Officer Level 3, $60, 707 1.0 FTE
(2) There has been no "emergency" funding. Additional funding has been allocated in 2009/10 and 2010/11 and has been described as temporary simply because consideration of the quantum of a more permanent allocation is set to occur in the context of a forthcoming Law Reform Commission report. Additional funding has enabled provisions of:
6 FTE comprising:
Receptionist, Level 2, $52,916 1.0 FTE
Court Officer, Level 2, $52,916 1.0 FTE
Counsel Assisting x 2 Level 4LG, $118,058 (each) 2.0 FTE
Senior Counsellor, Level 3SC, $87,732 1.0 FTE
Medical Advisor, Level 5SC, $113,683 (part-time @ $150 + GST per hour)
They are employed on fixed term contracts until 30 June 2010.
(3) The Medical Advisor was available part-time from 1 July 2009 and the Receptionist commenced mid August 2009. The remaining temporary staff were employed between 2 December 2009 and 11 January 2010.
(4) 30 June 2010.
(5) The Office of the State Coroner will receive $641,000 in 2010/11 to continue work on reducing a backlog of outstanding cases. The allocation of that funding will, at first instance, be within the determination of the Coroner.
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