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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-12-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</name>
      <text id="20181204a08ce36bb738494eb0000956">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="105">
            <name>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</name>
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          <inserted>105 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(25 October 2018).  Can the Attorney-General advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Which sections of the Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit are the $1.3 million cuts coming from?</inserted>
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        <text id="20181204a08ce36bb738494eb0000959">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How much of the budget cuts are attributed to FTE cuts?</inserted>
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          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;If these decisions are yet to be made, what is the process for deciding on the budget cuts and when will that decision be made?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Treasurer</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="105">
            <name>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</name>
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            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  The Attorney-General has provided the following advice:</inserted>
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          <inserted>This decrease is mainly due to a carryover of funding in 2017-18 for the Business Improvement Program and new savings announced as part of, or prior to, the 2017-18 Mid-Year Budget Review.</inserted>
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        <text id="20181204a08ce36bb738494eb0000963">
          <inserted>The new savings will be achieved through both staff and other operating costs.</inserted>
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