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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 1 Hansard (22 February) . . Page.. 240 ..
MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT LAND AND PLANNING
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 94
Emergency Services and Environment, Land and Planning Portfolios - Consultancies
(1) What are the current consultancies let or proposed to be let within each Department/Agency in your portfolio.
(2) What is the cost of each consultancy.
(3) Why could the work of each consultancy not have been performed by public servants within the Department/Agency or elsewhere in the ACT Government Service.
(4) Is any consultant exercising any delegation in relation to public servants.
Mr Humphries - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:
EMERGENCY SERVICES BUREAU
(1) Dr Heather Lopert provides medical advice to the ACT Ambulance Service.
(2) $6 200 per annum.
(3) The specialist expertise are not available within the ACT Public Service as specific experience in ambulance procedures is required.
(4) No.
(1) Amos Aked Swift Pty Ltd have been engaged to establish strategic options to replace current Automatic Fire Alarm (AFA) System.
(2) The consultancy operates on a per hour rate with current year to date expenditure being $22 722 and expected expenditure for the year being $55 000.
(3) The technical expertise required for this function is not available within the ACT Government. The consultancy operates expenditure for the year being.
(4) No.
LAND DIVISION
The following consultancies have been engaged due to lack of in-house
resources and/or to benefit from the different perspectives brought to bear by
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