❓ Hon. John Fischer questions the disparity in remuneration between Pastoral Lands Board members and Aboriginal persons assisting with ethnographic surveys. The Minister's response clarifies that the payments are unrelated and determined by different entities.
AnsweredQoN 134Legislative Council
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Recently I was advised that members of the Pastoral Lands Board receive $186 for a full day’s sitting of the board, yet in response to a question I directed to the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure on Tuesday, 9 December last year, inquiring into the total cost of carrying out an ethnographic survey, it was indicated that Aboriginal persons were paid $400 each a day, plus an additional daily food allowance, for assisting with the compilation of the survey. In view of the foregoing, will the minister please advise the House of the rationale behind this remuneration structure? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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The minister has provided the following answer - There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: The minister has provided the following answer - There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
The minister has provided the following answer - There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: The minister has provided the following answer - There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
The minister has provided the following answer - There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
There is no relationship between sitting fees paid to board members and fees paid to persons involved in ethnographic surveys. Pastoral Lands Board members are remunerated in accordance with sitting fees as stipulated by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Remuneration of Aboriginal persons is on a case-by-case basis and is usually negotiated by the consultant engaged to do the studies, surveys or reports.
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