ANSWERS TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS
18 October 2011
274. T-9 Diagnostic Net
Mr CHANDLER to MINISTER for EDUCATION and TRAINING
Remote school teachers were required to make judgments against the T-9 Diagnostic Net for each student in July 2011, judging whether students are ‘on track’ or ‘not on track’ to do what is expected for their age cohort by the end of the year. Please provide a breakdown of these results by school and year level, including the number of students tested and how many were ‘on track’ and how many were ‘not on track’.
ANSWER
The Diagnostic Net Transition to Year 9 (T-9 Net) was developed as an important part of the Department of Education and Training’s Literacy and Numeracy Strategy in 2010.
The aim of T-9 was for teachers to use this tool to map student progress, using the information to plan classes and provide any relevant information for new teachers where there are changes to staffing arrangements.
T-9 Net was not designed for teachers to make a judgement against whether students are ‘on track’ or ‘not on track’ for their age cohort and was intended only as a tool for the planning and monitoring of students.
This was further clarified in April 2011, with the Department of Education and Training’s acceptance of recommendations in the report on Improving Educational Outcomes in the Northern Territory provided by the Australian Council of Educational Research which stated that:
The Department of Education and Training accepted the recommendations of this report in July 2011 and therefore there is no specific data collection that provides the information you seek.
282. Don Dale Juvenile Facility in Berrimah
Mr GILES to MINISTER for CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
With regard to the Don Dale juvenile facility in Berrimah:
ANSWER
1. NT Correctional Services advise records are available from 1999 onwards. From 1999 to September 2011 there were 62 complaints.
2. See table below.
3. All allegations were referred to Northern Territory Police. In the incidents involving youth workers, employment ceased.
4. All complaints of alleged assault are referred to NT Police. Individual counselling is provided and referrals are made to anger management programs.
283. Part-time Work in the Public Service
Ms PURICK to MINISTER for PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
1. Under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, how many people have applied to work part-time for 2010 and 2011 to date:
(a) in which government department and/or agency;
2. How many applications were successful:
(a) in what government agency and/or department;
(b) in which regional centre;
ANSWER
There is no statutory requirement to record these details. There is no central recording of information on applications, successful and/or unsuccessful, for part-time positions within the NT Public Service.
Requests for part-time arrangements for current public servants are addressed within individual agencies on a case-by-case basis that does not involve the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment.
Although the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment does not hold the specific information requested above, see Attachment A for records of NT Public Service data on part-time employees that may assist. The data represents a snapshot for actual part-time employees as at June 2010 and June 2011, and includes agency, gender and regional information.
19 November 2011
278. Ex Gratia Payments by Government
Ms PURICK to TREASURER
1. Under the Financial Management Act, how many people have received ex gratia payments in Darwin; Katherine; Tennant Creek; Alice Springs; and the balance of the Northern Territory?
2. How much was the payment for each person in the different towns?
3. What was the payment for?
ANSWER
In response to your Legislative Assembly Written Question No 278: Ex Gratia Payments by Government, information regarding your request is included in the audited section of the Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report (TAFR) published each financial year.
Details of ex gratia payments can be found in each year’s publication under the TAFR note ‘write-offs, postponements, waivers, ex gratia payments and gifts’ that sets out the value and number of payments provided in that year and the previous year for comparative purposes. The information held centrally to support the TAFR disclosure does not include location details.
293. Suicides
Mr GILES to MINISTER for HEALTH
1. How many suicides have been recorded in the previous five years to 30 September 2011?
2. Would you please provide monthly statistical breakdowns according to:
(a) the Indigenous status of each person;
ANSWER
1. It is only via a Coronial Report that a death may be attributed to suicide. Figures may be available through the Coroner.
2. It is only via a Coronial Report that a death may be attributed to suicide. Figures may be available through the Coroner.
3. It is only via a Coronial Report that a death may be attributed to suicide. Figures may be available through the Coroner.
ANSWERS TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS
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274. T-9 Diagnostic Net
Mr CHANDLER to MINISTER for EDUCATION and TRAINING
Remote school teachers were required to make judgments against the T-9 Diagnostic Net for each student in July 2011, judging whether students are ‘on track’ or ‘not on track’ to do what is expected for their age cohort by the end of the year. Please provide a breakdown of these results by school and year level, including the number of students tested and how many were ‘on track’ and how many were ‘not on track’.
ANSWER
The Diagnostic Net Transition to Year 9 (T-9 Net) was developed as an important part of the Department of Education and Training’s Literacy and Numeracy Strategy in 2010.
The aim of T-9 was for teachers to use this tool to map student progress, using the information to plan classes and provide any relevant information for new teachers where there are changes to staffing arrangements.
T-9 Net was not designed for teachers to make a judgement against whether students are ‘on track’ or ‘not on track’ for their age cohort and was intended only as a tool for the planning and monitoring of students.
This was further clarified in April 2011, with the Department of Education and Training’s acceptance of recommendations in the report on Improving Educational Outcomes in the Northern Territory provided by the Australian Council of Educational Research which stated that:
- Use of Diagnostic Net should be used for classroom planning and monitoring only, but not as an assessment instrument for system purposes.
The Department of Education and Training accepted the recommendations of this report in July 2011 and therefore there is no specific data collection that provides the information you seek.
282. Don Dale Juvenile Facility in Berrimah
Mr GILES to MINISTER for CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
With regard to the Don Dale juvenile facility in Berrimah:
ANSWER
1. NT Correctional Services advise records are available from 1999 onwards. From 1999 to September 2011 there were 62 complaints.
2. See table below.
Year of Alleged Incident | Nature of Complaint | Alleged Perpetrator |
2001-02 | Alleged assault | Youth worker |
2010-11 | Alleged assault | Youth worker |
2010-11 | Alleged sexual assault | Female detainee on female detainee |
3. All allegations were referred to Northern Territory Police. In the incidents involving youth workers, employment ceased.
4. All complaints of alleged assault are referred to NT Police. Individual counselling is provided and referrals are made to anger management programs.
- All complaints of alleged sexual assault are referred to the NT Police Child Abuse Task Force. In such incidents, both the alleged victim and perpetrator are offered individual counselling.
283. Part-time Work in the Public Service
Ms PURICK to MINISTER for PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
1. Under the Public Sector Employment and Management Act, how many people have applied to work part-time for 2010 and 2011 to date:
(a) in which government department and/or agency;
2. How many applications were successful:
(a) in what government agency and/or department;
(b) in which regional centre;
ANSWER
There is no statutory requirement to record these details. There is no central recording of information on applications, successful and/or unsuccessful, for part-time positions within the NT Public Service.
Requests for part-time arrangements for current public servants are addressed within individual agencies on a case-by-case basis that does not involve the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment.
Although the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment does not hold the specific information requested above, see Attachment A for records of NT Public Service data on part-time employees that may assist. The data represents a snapshot for actual part-time employees as at June 2010 and June 2011, and includes agency, gender and regional information.
19 November 2011
278. Ex Gratia Payments by Government
Ms PURICK to TREASURER
1. Under the Financial Management Act, how many people have received ex gratia payments in Darwin; Katherine; Tennant Creek; Alice Springs; and the balance of the Northern Territory?
2. How much was the payment for each person in the different towns?
3. What was the payment for?
ANSWER
In response to your Legislative Assembly Written Question No 278: Ex Gratia Payments by Government, information regarding your request is included in the audited section of the Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report (TAFR) published each financial year.
Details of ex gratia payments can be found in each year’s publication under the TAFR note ‘write-offs, postponements, waivers, ex gratia payments and gifts’ that sets out the value and number of payments provided in that year and the previous year for comparative purposes. The information held centrally to support the TAFR disclosure does not include location details.
293. Suicides
Mr GILES to MINISTER for HEALTH
1. How many suicides have been recorded in the previous five years to 30 September 2011?
2. Would you please provide monthly statistical breakdowns according to:
(a) the Indigenous status of each person;
- (b) sex;
(c) age;
(d) geographical region from where the person generally resided; and
ANSWER
1. It is only via a Coronial Report that a death may be attributed to suicide. Figures may be available through the Coroner.
2. It is only via a Coronial Report that a death may be attributed to suicide. Figures may be available through the Coroner.
3. It is only via a Coronial Report that a death may be attributed to suicide. Figures may be available through the Coroner.
ANSWERS TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS
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NTPS Part-time Employment Summary Tables - Where Hours are Fixed (Excludes Casuals):
June 2010 | June 2011 | |
Agency | Number | AgencyNumber |
Aboriginal Areas Protection | 2 | Aboriginal Areas Protection1 |
Auditor-General | 1 | Auditor-General1 |
Business and Employment | 28 | Business and Employment31 |
Chief Minister | 14 | Chief Minister19 |
Children and Families34 | ||
Commissioner for Public Employment | 4 | Commissioner for Public Employment6 |
Construction and Infrastructure | 14 | Construction and Infrastructure11 |
Darwin Port Corporation | 0 | Darwin Port Corporation1 |
Education and Training | 477 | Education and Training501 |
Health and Family Services | 942 | Health942 |
Housing, Local Government and Regional Services | 16 | Housing, Local Government and Regional Services20 |
Justice | 37 | Justice39 |
Lands and Planning | 19 | Lands and Planning19 |
Legislative Assembly | 5 | Legislative Assembly3 |
Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport | 89 | Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport70 |
Ombudsman | 1 | Ombudsman1 |
Police, Fire and Emergency Services | 26 | Police, Fire and Emergency Services39 |
Power and Water Corporation | 19 | Power and Water Corporation17 |
Resources | 30 | Resources40 |
Tourism NT | 11 | Tourism NT15 |
Treasury | 7 | Treasury13 |
Total | 1742 | Total1823 |
Region | Number | RegionNumber |
Arnhem | 117 | Arnhem117 |
Central | 354 | Central365 |
Darwin | 1159 | Darwin1221 |
Katherine | 102 | Katherine106 |
Barkly | 10 | Barkly14 |
Total | 1742 | Total1823 |
Hours per week | Number | Hours per weekNumber |
less than 10 | 46 | less than 1054 |
10 to less than 15 | 102 | 10 to less than 15104 |
15 to less than 20 | 431 | 15 to less than 20438 |
20 to less than 25 | 396 | 20 to less than 25399 |
25 to less than 30 | 302 | 25 to less than 30337 |
Over 30 | 465 | Over 30491 |
Total | 1742 | Total1823 |
Gender | Number | GenderNumber |
Female | 1516 | Female1577 |
Male | 226 | Male246 |
Total | 1742 | Total1823 |
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