CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS

117 The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (30 June 2010) (First Session). For the year 2009-10—

1. Were any persons employed or otherwise engaged as a consultant or contractor, in any Department or agency reporting to the Minister for Environment and Conservation, who had previously received a separation package from the State Government; and

2. If so—

(a) What number of persons were employed;

(b) What number were engaged as a consultant; and

(c) What number engaged as a contractor?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): The Minister for Environment and Conservation has advised:

1. For the year 2009-10, no known persons were employed or otherwise engaged as a consultant or contractor, who had previously received a separation package from the State Government, in the former Department for Environment and Heritage, the Environment Protection Authority, Zero Waste SA and SA Water.

The former Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation had one person engaged in 2009-10 as a contractor, who had previously received a separation package from the State Government.