❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on the specific impacts of budget cuts to the Environment and Heritage portfolio, including effects on biological surveys, nature reserves, prescribed burning, law enforcement, regional parks, and other services. The answers reveal widespread reductions and delays.
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(b) exactly what biological surveys will not be carried out and in what geographical areas as a result of the stated reduction in expenditure by $370,000; (c) exactly which nature reserves will be affected by the stated reduction of $369,000 and will this reduction relate to less management input into the affected reserves or will management plans not be prepared for certain nature reserves; (d) exactly which areas of conservation importance that were earmarked for prescribed burning for habitat management will be affected by the stated reduction in funding of $234,000; (e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(c) exactly which nature reserves will be affected by the stated reduction of $369,000 and will this reduction relate to less management input into the affected reserves or will management plans not be prepared for certain nature reserves; (d) exactly which areas of conservation importance that were earmarked for prescribed burning for habitat management will be affected by the stated reduction in funding of $234,000; (e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(d) exactly which areas of conservation importance that were earmarked for prescribed burning for habitat management will be affected by the stated reduction in funding of $234,000; (e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(b) The commencement of the proposed Pilbara region biological survey will be delayed for one year. (c) The reduction in funding is spread across the State and will result in less management visits and deferral of some management, maintenance and management planning actions. (d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent. (e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(c) The reduction in funding is spread across the State and will result in less management visits and deferral of some management, maintenance and management planning actions. (d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent. (e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent. (e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(c) exactly which nature reserves will be affected by the stated reduction of $369,000 and will this reduction relate to less management input into the affected reserves or will management plans not be prepared for certain nature reserves; (d) exactly which areas of conservation importance that were earmarked for prescribed burning for habitat management will be affected by the stated reduction in funding of $234,000; (e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(d) exactly which areas of conservation importance that were earmarked for prescribed burning for habitat management will be affected by the stated reduction in funding of $234,000; (e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(e) in what ways will Wildlife Conservation Act law enforcement activities be adversely impacted upon by the stated reduction of $205,000; (f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(f) how will the regional parks program be delayed and what parks will be affected as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $325,000; (g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(g) what regional services will now not be delivered as a result of the stated reduction in funding of $625,000; (h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(h) what corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the stated funding reduction of $353,000; and (i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(i) exactly what other services will be affected by the stated reduction of $637,000 and what measures or other departmental activities will be reduced, eliminated or otherwise affected by this reduction?
(b) The commencement of the proposed Pilbara region biological survey will be delayed for one year. (c) The reduction in funding is spread across the State and will result in less management visits and deferral of some management, maintenance and management planning actions. (d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent. (e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(c) The reduction in funding is spread across the State and will result in less management visits and deferral of some management, maintenance and management planning actions. (d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent. (e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent. (e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions. (f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation. The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance. The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue. (g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure. (h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs. (i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions: Conservation Commission - $35,000 Perth Observatory - $ 41,000 Corporate Relations - $113,500 Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000 Displays - $90,000 Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000 Forest management planning - $114,000 Forest management research - $28,500 Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000 The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
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Answered
20 February 2002
Responded by
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
85 days
(a) Budget cuts to the Science Division have not caused the cessation of any high priority research projects, but activity has been scaled down in the areas of marine turtle, forest fauna, flora conservation and introduced predator control research and the functions of the Western Australian Herbarium.
(b) The commencement of the proposed Pilbara region biological survey will be delayed for one year.
(c) The reduction in funding is spread across the State and will result in less management visits and deferral of some management, maintenance and management planning actions.
(d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent.
(e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions.
(f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation.
The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance.
The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue.
(g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure.
(h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs.
(i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions:
Conservation Commission - $35,000
Perth Observatory - $ 41,000
Corporate Relations - $113,500
Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000
Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000
Displays - $90,000
Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000
Forest management planning - $114,000
Forest management research - $28,500
Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000
The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
(b) The commencement of the proposed Pilbara region biological survey will be delayed for one year.
(c) The reduction in funding is spread across the State and will result in less management visits and deferral of some management, maintenance and management planning actions.
(d) The reduction applies across the board to proposed prescribed burns having a primary purpose for habitat management and will be managed by delaying burns in some areas. The delay is not expected to adversely affect nature conservation values. Planning has proceeded on the basis of the reduced funding available. Burn planning and implementation have also been affected by the dry winter in the south-west and weather conditions that are not conducive to safe and effective burning, resulting in a circumstance that not all of the funds originally budgeted to this activity could be effectively spent.
(e) The reduction has been managed through the non replacement of two wildlife officers and reduced operating budgets, particularly in the Swan and South Coast regions.
(f) The reduction to the regional parks budget was from the recurrent maintenance budget provided annually as a Treasury allocation.
The reduction in the budget has resulted in some new maintenance projects, such as additional regional park weed control initiatives, being held in abeyance.
The current focus within the regional parks is management planning, which will continue.
(g) Savings of $625,000 to the Regional Services budget are being achieved by reduced activity in planning, design and estate management. Some planned redevelopment of facilities is being postponed. Further reductions will be achieved through efficiencies in administrative expenditure.
(h) No corporate services will be eliminated or reduced as a result of the reduction of $353,000. Productivity improvements in corporate services from technological change, particularly electronic transactions instead of manual transactions for financial and human resources functions, will allow the reduction of $353,000 to be absorbed without reducing services and outputs.
(i) Further savings of approximately $637,000 were made up of the following budget reductions:
Conservation Commission - $35,000
Perth Observatory - $ 41,000
Corporate Relations - $113,500
Dirk Hartog Island operations - $80,000
Parks and Visitor Services Output services to Regions - $60,000
Displays - $90,000
Parks and Visitor Services Output fire management - $40,000
Forest management planning - $114,000
Forest management research - $28,500
Sustainable Forest Management Output fire management - $35,000
The $35,000 reduction in the Conservation Commission's budget was subsequently reinstated by reallocation from within the Department.
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