MUJA POWER STATION — STAFF
662. Hon
Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the financial years 2016–17,
2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21. How many
staff in the following categories were or are employed on a casual, part-time,
full-time or in a consultancy capacity at Muja power station for each of those years: executive and senior
management, middle management and all tiers of management positions;
trades foremen, tradespeople and apprentices; and contactors and consultants?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
I have to say that we thought long and hard about this and whether we should try to provide this information at least by
tomorrow or in a subsequent week. Looking at the detail of what has been
asked and thinking about the capacity for any agency to answer questions of
that nature in that detail over so many years
in the space of four or five hours, it really defies belief that an intelligent
person like the Leader of the Opposition would seriously contemplate
that that could be done.
The
Minister for Energy advises that it is simply not possible to provide the
information requested in the time required and asks the member to put
the question on notice.