Questions and Answers Taken on Notice 2009

Questions and answers are attached as one document and can be accessed by selecting the question number. If no answer is included in the document, an answer was not provided to the Estimates Committee within the required timeframe.

Question	Agency	Subject
1 - 1	Department of the Legislative Assembly	Carbon Footprint
1 - 2	Department of the Legislative Assembly	Corporate Credit Cards
1 - 3	Department of the Legislative Assembly	Corporate Credit Cards
1 - 4	Department of the Legislative Assembly	Statehood Steering Committee Travel Budget
1 - 5	Department of the Legislative Assembly	Port Darwin Electorate Office
2 - 1	Justice and Attorney-General	Advertising/Awareness campaigns
2 - 2	Justice and Attorney-General	Newspapers - Judges and Magistrates
2 - 3	Justice and Attorney-General	Entitlements - Judges and Magistrates
2 - 4	Justice and Attorney-General	Return to Country program
2 - 5	Justice and Attorney-General	WorkSafe - RTOs
2 - 6	Justice and Attorney-General	WorkSafe - Training Undertaken
2 - 7	Justice and Attorney-General	WorkSafe - Consultant - Goldsmith
2 - 8	Justice and Attorney-General	WorkSafe - consultant - Goldsmith - appointment date
2 - 9	Infrastructure	Planning & Infrastructure - carbon footprint
2 - 10	Infrastructure	Planning & Infrastructure - Television Advertising Expenditure
2 - 11	Infrastructure	Infrastructure - Advertising - Contracts - writing - Campaigns
2 - 12	Infrastructure	Infrastructure - Advertising - Contracts - Artwork - Campaigns
2 - 13	Infrastructure	Budget - Travel
2 - 14	Planning and Lands	Land - rezoning - applications - time to process
2 - 15	Planning and Lands	Lands - Alice Springs - Lot 7411, Larapinta
2 - 16	Planning and Lands	Land - Berrimah Prison
3 - 1	Northern Territory Electoral Commission	NT Electoral Commission - Litchfield Shire Council election
3 - 2	Northern Territory Electoral Commission	NT General Election 2008 - Postal Votes
3 - 3	Ombudsman's Office	Ombudsman - complaints - Family & Children's Services
3 - 4	Ombudsman's Office	Ombudsman - complaints - Family & Children's services - Indigenous children
3 - 5	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPFES - training - apprentices & graduates
3 - 6	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPFES - computers - improper use thereof
3 - 7	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPFES - communications - staff numbers
3 - 8	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPFES - advertising costs - recruitment campaigns
3 - 9	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPFES - Darwin Watch House - flea fumigation
3 - 10	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPFES - infringement notices - speeding
3 - 11	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NTPES - members - on duty - breath testing
3 - 12	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NT Police - incidents - government schools
3 - 13	Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services	NT Police - Blue Light Discos - rural Darwin locations
3 - 14	Education and Training	Generic Questions - DEET
3 - 15	Education and Training	Teachers - certification - first aid
4 - 1	Department of Business and Employment	Departmental forms - conversion to SMART forms - number of forms
4 - 2	Department of Business and Employment	Whole of Government - web site use/hits - by department
4 - 3	Department of Business and Employment	DBE fee - corporate credit card transaction & reconciliation service
4 - 4	Department of Business and Employment	Auditor-General's report - credit card transactions - unacquitted transactions
4 - 5	Department of Business and Employment	Procurement - probity audits - by tier
4 - 6	Department of Business and Employment	Procurement - contract quantum - top 20 - probity audits
4 - 7	Department of Business and Employment	Procurement - quantum of contracts - arising from Federal Stimulus Package
4 - 8	Department of Business and Employment	NTG - leased office space - vacancy rate
5 - 1	Department of Health and Families	Education and Training - delivery - proportion - internal - outsourced
5 - 2	Department of Health and Families	Education & Training - external providers - contracts
5 - 3	Department of Health and Families	Communications Unit - cost - breakdown - staff - material produced
5 - 4	Department of Health and Families	Reports commissioned - hospitals - number of
5 - 5	Department of Health and Families	NT hospitals - bed occupancy rates
5 - 6	Department of Health and Families	Palliative Care - composition of Board - volunteers in PC Unit
5 - 7	Department of Health and Families	Renal dialysis - projections - one, five 10 and 20 years
5 - 8	Department of Health and Families	PATS - client numbers - failure to appear for appointment - cost - breakdown to intra and interstate
5 - 9	Racing Gaming and Licensing	Moratorium - liquor licenses - 2006 - date of
5 - 10	Department of Regional Development Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources	Generic questions - carbon emissions - utilities increase - staffing - discipline - public events - advertising
5 - 11	Department of Regional Development Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources	Chief Executive Officer - travel between Alice Springs & Darwin - overnight stays
5 - 12	Department of Regional Development Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources	Establishment - no reporting to CEO - level - location - travel between ASP & DRW
5 - 13	Department of Regional Development Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources	Communications Unit - budget - personnel - operational
5 - 14	Department of Regional Development Primary Industries Fisheries and Resources	Budget - 2009-10 - breakdown by division
6 - 1	Department of Local Government and Housing	Communications Unit - budget - personnel
6 - 2	Department of Local Government and Housing	Grants - Darwin City Council - playgrounds - Fannie Bay
6 - 3	Department of Local Government and Housing	Establishment - separation - rates - estimated rate
6 - 4	Department of Local Government and Housing	Local Government - IT system - failure - number of officers affected
6 - 5	Department of Local Government and Housing	Dwellings - public housing - regional breakdown - 30 June 2005
6 - 6	Department of Local Government and Housing	Average rent subsidy - expressed as percentage
6 - 7	Department of Local Government and Housing	Rent subsidy - global figure - dollar amount - 12 months to 31 May 2009
6 - 8	Department of Local Government and Housing	Public housing - rental - in arrears - number of tenants - by 30, 60 and 90 days
6 - 9	Department of Local Government and Housing	Public housing - rental - arrears - quantum
6 - 10	Department of Local Government and Housing	Public housing - rental arrears - projections for 2008-09 - comparison with five previous years
6 - 11	Department of Local Government and Housing	Public housing - stock - sale - method of sale - annually from 1996
6 - 12	Department of Local Government and Housing	Public housing - 4BR dwelling - Darwin - cost to construct
6 - 13	Department of Local Government and Housing	Housing stock - private rental market - number of dwellings leased from public servants
6 - 14	Department of Local Government and Housing	SIHIP - quantum committed to administration to date
7 - 1	Department of Health and Families	FACS - child protection workers - experience
7 - 2	Department of Health and Families	Child protection - number of positions created - Alice Springs
7 - 3	Department of Health and Families	Notifications 2008-09 - table - regional breakdown
7 - 4	Department of Health and Families	Child protection services - mobile unit - Alice Springs
7 - 5	Department of Health and Families	NT Emergency Response - 2008-09 - referrals to FACS
7 - 6	Department of Health and Families	Children in care - case management - staffing levels
7 - 7	Department of Health and Families	NT Emergency Response - welfare quarantining - consideration of quarantining for urban areas
7 - 8	Department of Health and Families	Juveniles - diversion - number diverted twice in last 12 months - number diverted more than twice in last 12 months
7 - 9	Department of Health and Families	Mental health - unplanned re-admissions within 28 days - consultations within seven days of discharge
8 - 1	Department of Natural Resources Environment the Arts and Sport	Generic questions
8 - 2	Department of Natural Resources Environment the Arts and Sport	Establishment
8 - 3	Department of Natural Resources Environment the Arts and Sport	Emission reductions - Channel Island & Weddell Power Stations
8 - 4	Parks and Wildlife	Park Management - joint arrangements - payments - annual reports
8 - 5	Parks and Wildlife	Territory parks - annual visitor numbers - for last five years
8 - 6	Parks and Wildlife	NT Parks - budget breakdown - capital works and operations funding - past five years
8 - 7	Parks and Wildlife	Gregory National Park - weed eradication
8 - 8	Parks and Wildlife	Mimosa infestations - Mary and Adelaide River catchments
8 - 9	Parks and Wildlife	Biological parks - visitor subsidies
8 - 10	Parks and Wildlife	Biological parks - budget - capital works & R&M - past five years
8 - 11	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Biodiversity - strategic assessment programs
8 - 12	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Wildlife Management Plans - cost
8 - 13	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Fire abatement plans - land mass covered
8 - 14	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Fire abatement plans - cost
8 - 15	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Volunteer Fire Brigades - callouts
8 - 16	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Care and Rehabilitation of Wildlife Foundation - progress - funding - operations
8 - 17	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Weed plans - cost
8 - 18	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Water drilling - safety management - audit - cost
8 - 19	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Commercial water licenses
8 - 20	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Extraction rates - government bores
8 - 21	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Arsenic concentration project - consultant - cost - details
8 - 22	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Emissions sources - list of
8 - 23	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Rehabilitation of wetlands - Roystonia Ave & Stuart Highway
8 - 24	Natural Resources Environment and Heritage	Heritage Advisory Council - annual report - tabling in Parliament
8 - 25	Indigenous Policy	Federal funding - conditions attached to use
9 - 1	Sport and Recreation	Establishment - Sport
9 - 2	Sport and Recreation	Establishment - Sports House
9 - 3	Sport and Recreation	Establishment - location outside of Sports House
9 - 4	Sport and Recreation	Active Sport and Recreation Policy - cost
9 - 5	Sport and Recreation	Grants - recipients - quantum
9 - 6	Sport and Recreation	Grants - sporting orgs - registered members
9 - 7	Sport and Recreation	NTIS - athletes - scholarships - age breakdown
9 - 8	Sport and Recreation	NTIS - expenditure per athlete
9 - 9	Sport and Recreation	NTIS - budget - personnel & operational expenses
9 - 10	Sport and Recreation	NTIS - athletes - residing interstate
9 - 11	Sport and Recreation	Document - sporting facilities
9 - 12	Regional Development	Funding - Regional Economic Development Fund - Indigenous Business Development Fund - 2009-10
10 - 1	Department of Planning and Infrastructure	Alcohol Ignition Locks - cost
10 - 2	Transport	Drivers licences - quantum issued in 12 months - by region
10 - 3	Transport	Personalised number plates - specific instance - does it exist?
10 - 4	Correctional Services	Rehabilitation programs - 2008-09
10 - 5	Correctional Services	Education programs - correctional facilities - 2008-90
10 - 6	Correctional Services	Pre-release programs - 2008-09
10 - 7	Correctional Services	Prisoners - trends - incarceration rates - nature of crime
10 - 8	Correctional Services	Pre-release programs - prisoners engaged - quantum
10 - 9	Correctional Services	Offenders - training programs external to correction facilities - quantum
10 - 10	Correctional Services	Family Violence Offender Program - recidivism - program provider
10 - 11	Correctional Services	Prisoners - alcohol rehabilitation - 2007-08 - quantum & programs

Last updated: 07 Aug 2018

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Questions and Answers Taken on Notice 2009