National Park Rangers

854 Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (5 June 2019). How many rangers have been appointed, broken down by how many new to department and how many from within department?

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water): I have been advised:

There have been 18 new rangers appointed, following significant reductions in ranger numbers by the previous government. Five graduate rangers from the Department for Environment and Water have been appointed to new ranger positions and 13 rangers are new to the department.