OLYMPIC DAM TASK FORCE

82 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (30 September 2008). How many departmental FTEs will be working on the Olympic Dam Taskforce in 2008-09, and how many from other parts of the department and across government, will be working to facilitate BHP's proposed Olympic Dam expansion?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Federal/State Relations): The Department of Trade and Economic Development has provided the following information:

The Olympic Dam Task Force, established in October 2007, now comprises 7 FTE positions.

Its facilitation role requires extensive involvement of agencies across government.

To achieve that, each Chief Executive has nominated key officers for the expansion project. There are 24 key officers from across government who meet with the Task Force on a fortnightly basis.

These officers have responsibility for communication between the agency and the Task Force on all aspects of the expansion, and for agency specific projects, policy positions and all other tasks required of the agency.

Each agency provides the necessary staff to undertake the agency specific tasks as necessary.