❓ Hon. Tjorn Sibma questions the Minister for Environment regarding the WA Recovery Plan's green jobs initiative, specifically the number of jobs created and their nature. The response indicates the plan is 30% complete, with 247 jobs created, but data collection is incomplete.
AnsweredQoN 360Legislative Council
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CORONAVIRUS
— WA RECOVERY PLAN — GREEN JOBS
360. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the government's July 2020 green jobs plan to create 1 000
conservation jobs as part of the WA recovery plan.
(1) How many of these jobs were filled?
(2) Of those filled, please advise
whether the appointment was on a full-time, part-time or casual basis.
(3) Of those filled, please advise
whether the employing authority was —
(a) the state government;
(b) the local government;
(c) a not for profit;
(d) an Aboriginal body corporate;
(e) the private sector?
(4) How many of the 1 000 jobs are
currently occupied?
— WA RECOVERY PLAN — GREEN JOBS
360. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the government's July 2020 green jobs plan to create 1 000
conservation jobs as part of the WA recovery plan.
(1) How many of these jobs were filled?
(2) Of those filled, please advise
whether the appointment was on a full-time, part-time or casual basis.
(3) Of those filled, please advise
whether the employing authority was —
(a) the state government;
(b) the local government;
(c) a not for profit;
(d) an Aboriginal body corporate;
(e) the private sector?
(4) How many of the 1 000 jobs are
currently occupied?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answers are provided on behalf of
the Minister for Environment.
(1) The green
jobs plan includes projects that will run until 30 June 2026. As at 31 December
2021, the green jobs plan was approximately 30 per cent complete and had
resulted in 247 jobs.
(2) Based on the
data provided, 30, or 12 per cent, were full time; 62, or 24 per cent, were
part time; and 155, or 63 per cent, were not specified.
(3) (a)–(b) There were
zero.
(c) There were 101 or 41 per cent.
(d) There were 18 or 7 per cent.
(e) There were 119 or 48 per cent.
(4) This information was not
collected.
some notice of the question. The following answers are provided on behalf of
the Minister for Environment.
(1) The green
jobs plan includes projects that will run until 30 June 2026. As at 31 December
2021, the green jobs plan was approximately 30 per cent complete and had
resulted in 247 jobs.
(2) Based on the
data provided, 30, or 12 per cent, were full time; 62, or 24 per cent, were
part time; and 155, or 63 per cent, were not specified.
(3) (a)–(b) There were
zero.
(c) There were 101 or 41 per cent.
(d) There were 18 or 7 per cent.
(e) There were 119 or 48 per cent.
(4) This information was not
collected.
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