SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM

366 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (18 February 2008). What are the number of staff, salaries and on-costs which are subsumed by the department in directly supporting the Government's Sustainability and Climate Change Program?

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change): I have been advised of the following information:

Sustainability and Climate Change have 14.4 FTE's and the budgeted expenditure for salaries and on-costs for the 2006-07 financial year was $1.905 million. In addition, there are 4 FTE's within Sustainability and Workforce Management Executive Office whose roles include working on the Government's Sustainability and Climate Change Program. Sustainability and Workforce Management is one of three Groups with the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.