ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES — CONSULTANTS
868. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the employment of consultants by environmental agencies. Over the last
five years, how many Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
and Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions officers resigned
from the public service and were subsequently rehired by those agencies as
consultants?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by
the Minister for Environment.
The production of this information
will divert staff resources from their usual work, and it is not possible to
provide the information requested in the time frame. I request that the member
place this question on notice.