STAFF RECRUITMENT COSTS

In reply to Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (1 July 2011) (Estimates Committee B).

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Energy, Minister for the Northern Suburbs): The amount of $5,000 referred to under staff recruitment costs was a budget allocation. The recruitment of Lea Stevens was managed internally by the Department of Planning and Local Government and not by an external provider, as such, the only actual cost relating to the recruitment was for the placement of an advertisement in the Advertiser. The advertisement was placed in the Advertiser on 13 November 2010 at a cost of $770.18.