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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 596 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 26 October 2022 by Mr R.S. Love

Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

(1) How many Full Time Equivalents (FTE) currently employed in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) Aboriginal Engagement and Community Policy team:
(a) Is this section or any part of the Department looking at establishing a Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme?
(2) How many staff are directly employed by DPC to support the ‘communication of government policies and objectives’?
(3) Can you please outline the topics and dates of the eight special meetings of Executive Council outlined on page 37 of the DPC annual report?

Answered on 29 November 2022

(1) 59 FTE.

(a) The Department of the Premier and Cabinet is reviewing developments and approaches to Stolen Generation support schemes across Australian jurisdictions and is liaising with Aboriginal people and organisations to support healing for Stolen Generation survivors and their descendants.

(2) As the lead public sector agency, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet provides whole-of-government advice and support to the community, supporting the communication of policies and activities in relation to whole-of-government activities such as small business grants, workforce recruitment campaigns and, the management of public health and biosecurity issues such as foot-and-mouth disease, as well as communications relating to Federal-State such as counter-terrorism and other emergency communication support. 24 FTE are employed by the Department to support these functions.

(3) Special Meetings of Executive Council were held on 23 July 2021, 19 November 2021, 21 December 2021, 15 February 2022, 29 March 2022, 11 April 2022, 19 May 2022, and 7 June 2022. As has been the case for successive governments, the deliberations of Cabinet and Executive Council are confidential.