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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 99 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 February 2022 by Hon Tjorn Sibma

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PROJECT APPROVALS — FRONTLINE OFFICERS —DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, LANDS AND HERITAGE

99. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Planning:

I refer to the 2021–22 state budget allocation of a $120 million package to recruit 150 frontline officers to speed up project approvals across five agencies, including Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage.

(1) How many additional officers has DPLH been funded to recruit for this purpose over the estimate?

(2) How many of these officers have been recruited to date?

(3) How much of the additional funding has been spent on the above purpose to date?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. A breakdown of offices by portfolio is not available in the time required.

(1) It has been funded to recruit 33.

(2) There have been 27.

(3) There has been $931 882 as at 31 January 2022.