❓ A parliamentary question seeks information on Attraction and Retention Benefits (ARBs) within agencies under the Minister for Environment and Heritage, including the number of recipients, cost, and discontinued arrangements since 2010. The answer provides a breakdown by agency.
AnsweredQoN 4497Legislative Assembly
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For all agencies, departments and trading enterprises within the Minister’s portfolio of responsibilities: (a) how many officers in each department, agency or trading enterprise receive “Attraction and Retention" (ARB) benefits; (b) what is this number as a percentage of the organisation's workforce; (c) what is the total annual value of these benefits; and (d) since 1 July 2010, how many ARB arrangements have been reviewed and discontinued?
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Answered
13 October 2015
Responded by
Minister for Environment; Heritage
Response time
35 days
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) One
Department of Parks and Wildlife
(a) Three
(b) 0.2 per cent
(c) $23,100
(d) Four
Department of Environment Regulation
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) Since the formation of the Department of Environment Regulation on 1 July 2013, there have been no ARB reviews. Two ARBs carried over from the former Department of Environment and Conservation have been discontinued: one by resignation and one by retirement.
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
(a) Three
(b) Approximately 3 per cent.
(c) $31,417.54
(d) Nil
State Heritage Office
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) Nil
Zoological Parks Authority
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) Nil
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) One
Department of Parks and Wildlife
(a) Three
(b) 0.2 per cent
(c) $23,100
(d) Four
Department of Environment Regulation
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) Since the formation of the Department of Environment Regulation on 1 July 2013, there have been no ARB reviews. Two ARBs carried over from the former Department of Environment and Conservation have been discontinued: one by resignation and one by retirement.
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority
(a) Three
(b) Approximately 3 per cent.
(c) $31,417.54
(d) Nil
State Heritage Office
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) Nil
Zoological Parks Authority
(a) Nil
(b)-(c) Not applicable
(d) Nil
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