Details Tourism Western Australia's staffing numbers, consultancy spending, and funding of employees in other departments. The response provides a breakdown of staff levels, locations, and departmental allocations, while deferring consultancy spending details to a publicly available report.

AnsweredQoN 3554Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 February 2015
Portfolio
Tourism

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(1) At the date of this question, what was the total number of people employed by Tourism Western Australia: (a) what number of each public sector classification level and each Senior Executive Service band were employed: (i) what number of these people were employed in each of the service divisions Marketing; Events; and Infrastructure and Investment; and (ii) where are each of these people located? (2) How much money in total was spent by Tourism Western Australia on consultancy during the last 12 months before the date of the question and what was the breakdown of expenditure on consultancy (i.e. how much was spent on each contract and what was the topic/task of each consultancy contract? (3) Does Tourism Western Australia fund government employees in any other Department, authority or organisation, and if so, where are they located and what public service band/level are they?

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Answered
19 March 2015
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
29 days
(1) Total of 106 employees, including employees on extended paid and unpaid leave.
(a) SAT - 1
Class 1 - 3
Level 9 - 1
Level 8 - 14
Level 7 - 12
Level 6 - 23
Level 5 - 19
Level 4 - 11
Level 3 - 14
Level 2 - 2
Overseas - 5
(i) Destination Marketing - 56
Event Tourism - 27
Tourism Infrastructure & Investment - 23
(ii) One employee based in Broome, five employees based overseas and the remainder are based in Perth.
(2) A six-monthly report on consultants engaged by government is prepared and tabled in Parliament by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC). These reports detail the name of consultants, purpose of engagement, period of engagement and costs. In due course, DPC will table the information requested by the Member.
(3) Yes, one Level 7 employee located in the office of Hon Dr Kim Hames MLA, Minister for Tourism.

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