MINISTERIAL STAFF

138 The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (12 February 2008).

1. Can the Minister for Transport advise the names of all officers working in the minister's office as at 1 December 2007?

2. What positions were vacant as at 1 December 2007?

3. For each position, was the person employed under ministerial contract, or appointed under the Public Sector Management Act?

4. What was the salary for each position and any other financial benefit included in the remuneration package?

5. (a) What was the total approved budget for the minister's office in 2007-08; and

(b) Can the Minister detail any of the salaries paid by a Department or Agency rather than the minister's office budget?

6. Can the minister detail any expenditure incurred since 2 December 2006 and up to 1 December 2007 on renovations to the minister's office and the purchase of any new items of furniture with a value greater than $500?

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Police, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning): The Minister for Transport has provided the following information:

1. Details of ministerial contract staff are due to be printed in the Government Gazette in July 2008.

Details of public servant staff located in the minister’s office as at 1 December 2007 were as follows:

2. Ministerial Liaison Officer

Correspondence Clerk

3. See table above.

4. See table above.

5. (a) $1.654 million.

(b) DTEI does not pay for the minister’s office staff. However there are 10 DTEI staff that are located in the minister’s offices that provide a liaison function between the minister’s office and the various divisions of the department.

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