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530 - Local Government - LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL OFFICES

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight, and Vice-President of the Executive Council representing the Minister for Local Government

    1. How many staff were employed in the Minister for Local Government ministerial office in the last month?

    2. What was the average salary for staff members in the Minister's office during the last month?
    3. What is the average salary for a ministerial staffer in the Minister's office based on appointments in the last month?
    1. Did the Minister or the Minister's staff incur data charges on a mobile phone or tablet device greater than $1000 for the last month?
    2. If so, how many times did this occur in the last month?
    3. What was the individual cost of each data charge over $1000 for the last month?
    1. Has any artwork been purchased or leased for display in the Minister's office in the last month?
    2. What was the cost of this artwork?
    1. Have any floral displays or indoor plants been hired or leased for display in the Minister's office in the last month?
    2. If so, what was the cost of these items?
    1. How much did the Minister's office spend on Foxtel subscriptions in the last month?
    2. Which Foxtel package does the Minister's office receive?
    1. What was the total cost of all subscriptions by the Minister and the Minister's staff to online news services, newspapers, magazines, journals or periodicals in the last month?
    2. What are services, newspapers, magazines, journals and periodicals subscribed to?
    3. Who is the subscriber for each of these?
    1. What was the total value of all gifts purchased for use by the Minister and the Minister's office in the last month?
    2. What were the gifts purchased?
    3. Who were they given to?
    1. Does the Minister purchase bottled water or provide water coolers for the Minister's office?
    2. If so, what was the cost of this for the last month?
    1. What are the names of all contractors or consultants employed or paid for by the Minister's office, under any agreement, contract or fee-for-service arrangement for the last month?
    2. Do they have Australian Business Numbers?
    3. If so, what are the details?
    4. What are the details of paid or unpaid invoices and amounts?
    5. What are the details of services and fees provided by each contractor or consultant?
    1. Have any of the Minister's overseas trips in the past month been paid for in part or in full by using public money?
    2. If so, did any of the Minister's relatives or friends accompany the Minister on these trips?
    1. Has the Minister undertaken any official overseas travel that was privately funded in the last month?
    2. What was the nature of these trips?
    3. Who paid for these trips?
  12. What was the total bill for the Minister's office in the last month for each of the following:
    1. Taxi hire?
    2. Limousine hire?
    3. Private hire care?
    4. Hire car rental?
    1. Has the Minister used Uber in the past month?
    2. If so, were any of these occasions in an UberX vehicle?
    1. Has the Minister or anyone in the Minister's office used Uber services travelling to or from work-related events, meetings or functions in the past month?
    2. Were any of those services in an UberX vehicle?
    1. Has the Minister or anyone in your office sought reimbursement for using Uber services to travel to or from work-related events, meetings or functions in the past month?
    2. What was the value of those reimbursements?
    1. Has the Minister used Airbnb in the past month?
    2. Has the Minister or anyone in the Minister's office used Airbnb as an accommodation solution whilst travelling on official business in the past month?
    1. Have any planes or helicopters been chartered by the Minister or the Minister's office and paid for with public money in the last month?
    2. If so:
      1. What are the details of each trip?
      2. What was the method of transport?
      3. What was the cost?
    1. What non-standard features were fitted to the ministerial vehicle in the last month?
    2. What was the cost of each non-standard feature?
    1. Have any departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio responsibilities utilised the services of labour hire firms in the past month?
    2. If so:
      1. What were the names of the firms utilised?
      2. What was the total amount paid to each firm engaged?
      3. What was the average tenure period for an employee provided by a labour hire company?
      4. What was the longest tenure for an employee provided by a labour hire company?
      5. What were the duties conducted by employees engaged through a labour hire company?
      6. What were the office locations of employees engaged through a labour hire company?
      7. What was the highest hourly or daily rate paid to an employee provided by a labour hire company?
  20. How many media or public relations advisers were employed for each of the Minister's portfolio agencies in the past month?
  21. What is the forecast for the current financial year for the number of media or public relations advisers to be employed and their total cost in the past month?
  22. What was the total cost of media monitoring services used by departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio responsibilities in the past month?
    1. Has the Minister had media training or speech training in the past month?
    2. If so, who paid for it?
    3. If paid by taxpayers, what was the amount?
    1. How much have the Department or agencies under the Minister's portfolio responsibility spent in legal costs in the past month?
    2. For what specific purposes or matters was legal advice sought?
  25. Have departments or agencies under the Minister's portfolio engaged any consultants to provide the following services or advice in the past month:
    1. Social media?
      1. If so, what was the cost of these services?
    2. Photography?
      1. If so, what the cost of these services?
    3. Acting training?
      1. If so, what was the cost of these services?
    4. Ergonomics?
      1. If so, what was the cost of these services?
    1. How many redundancies were processed by departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio responsibilities in the past month?
    2. Of these redundancies, how many were:
      1. Voluntary?
      2. Forced?
    3. What was the total cost of all redundancies?
    1. How many staff were dismissed from departments or agencies under the Minister's portfolio responsibilities in the past month?
    2. What were the reasons for each dismissal?
  28. How much was spent on corporate hospitality by departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio responsibilities in the past month?
    1. How many tickets to sporting events were provided to the Minister's office in the past month?
    2. What was each event? Please list.
    1. How many tickets to theatre or art galleries were provided to the Minister's office in the past month?
    2. What was each event? Please list.
    1. How much did departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio responsibilities spend on restaurant bills during the past month?
    2. What proportion of these bills related to alcohol?
    1. Were instances of internal fraud detected by departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio responsibilities in the past month?
    2. What was the sum total of any such fraud?
    3. What was the result of any investigations?
    1. How large were the vehicle fleets of each department in the Minister's portfolio in the past month?
    2. What was the composition of this fleet in terms of engine size?
    3. How many of the fleet were involved in an accident during the year 2014-2015?
    4. What was the total cost of insurance claims and repairs?
  34. How much did departments or agencies spend on newspaper and journal subscriptions in the past month?
    1. How many Senior Executive Service (SES) employees were employed within departments or agencies under the Minister's ministerial portfolio in the past month?
    2. What was their remuneration band?
    3. For each SES employee, how many have:
      1. No staff reporting to them?
      2. less than two staff reporting to them?
      3. less than five staff?
  36. How many sick days, leave days or days attributable to workers compensation were lost for each department or agency within the Minister's portfolio responsibility in the past month for:
    1. workplace bullying?
    2. stress leave?
    3. sick leave?
    1. Have any of the departments or agencies under the Minister's portfolio area employed actors for staff training in the past month?
    2. If so:
      1. What was the size of the contract for the provision of actors for staff training in the Minister's departments?
      2. What was the term of the contracts for the provision of actors for staff training in the Minister's departments?
      3. What were the tender numbers for each of the contracts?
    1. Do the departments or agencies within the Minister's portfolio have an iTunes account?
    2. What was the total expenditure in the past month on iTunes?
    3. What applications, subscriptions or services were purchased through iTunes?
    1. Do the departments or agencies within your portfolio have an Android account?
    2. What was the total expenditure in the past month on Android?
    3. What applications, subscriptions or services were purchased through Android?
  40. In the past month, has the Minister been advised of any safety issues concerning programs operated by the departments or agencies in the Minister's portfolios?
  41. In the past month, has the Minister been advised of any waste issues concerning programs operated by the departments or agencies in the Minister's portfolios?
  42. How many highlighters were purchased by the Minister's office in the past month?
  43. How much was spent on stationery by the Minister's office in the past month?
    1. How many cab charges were used by the Ministers office between 9am and 5pm on a weekday in the past month?
    2. How many of these totalled less than $10?
    3. How many of these totalled more than $50?
    4. How many of these totalled more than $100?
Answer -

Information related to Ministerial Office Administration, Ministerial and Office Travel, Labour Hire Firms, Media and Public Relations, Consultants, Department⁄Agency Administration, Department⁄Agency Travel and Department⁄Agency IT has been sought by the General Purpose Standing Committee (GPSC) No 6 during Budget Estimates. I refer you to answers provided to the GPSC No. 6 in response to Budget Estimates 2015-16 Supplementary Questions on Notice.

Question asked on 16 September 2015 (session 56-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 25
Answer received on 21 October 2015 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 31

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