❓ A parliamentary question seeks details about a LandCorp-commissioned ethnographic survey in Karratha, including costs, fieldwork duration, and remuneration for the consultant and involved Aboriginal groups. The Minister provides a detailed response.
AnsweredQoN 1648Legislative Council
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(1) Did LandCorp or an agent acting on its behalf commission Ron Parker, who trades as Australian Interaction Consultants, to carry out an ethnographic survey of existing and potential sites for temporary and permanent accommodation and industrial use in and near the Karratha townsite with the Yaburarra and Ngarluma Aboriginal groups, within the past four months? (2) If so, what was the total cost of that survey? (3) How many days did Mr Parker spend in the field carrying out this work? (4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(2) If so, what was the total cost of that survey? (3) How many days did Mr Parker spend in the field carrying out this work? (4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(3) How many days did Mr Parker spend in the field carrying out this work? (4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(2) If so, what was the total cost of that survey? (3) How many days did Mr Parker spend in the field carrying out this work? (4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(3) How many days did Mr Parker spend in the field carrying out this work? (4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(4) What was the daily remuneration rate quoted by Mr Parker of Australian Interaction Consultants for this work? Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(1) Yes. (2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(2) An amount of $36 000, of which approximately $7 800 is paid to the two Aboriginal groups assisting in this matter. Each group comprises three persons who are each paid $400 a day plus an additional daily food allowance. (3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(3) Mr Parker, as well as an archaeologist and an assistant, spent three days undertaking fieldwork. In addition, one day of research will be undertaken. It is estimated that it will take five days to compile the report. (4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
(4) The contract was a lump sum contract rather than referring to a daily remuneration rate.
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