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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 8 Hansard (9 August) . . Page.. 2923 ..

The information provided in this answer is based on AWAs in place at 20 June 2001. The figures include valid AWAs approved by the Office of the Employment Advocate for public service staff as identified by agencies.

Approximately 55 AWAs are currently awaiting approval by the Office of the Employment Advocate. Any AWAs that were approved between the 20 June 2001 and the end of the financial year will be included in agency Annual Reports.

(1) As at 20 June 2001, there are 351 AWAs in operation in the ACT Public Service. This number includes any agreement that is currently valid and been approved by the Office of the Employment Advocate.

(2) The number of AWAs in each agency are as follows:

Chief Minister's Department - 38 The Canberra Hospital - 86

Department of Treasury - 23 Calvary Hospital - 25

Department of Urban Services - 18 ACT Auditor-General - 21

Department of Justice and Gungahlin Development Authority - 3

Community Safety - 17 (15 of these ACT Gambling and Racing

are at Emergency Services) Commission - 3

Department of Health, Housing and Kingston Foreshore - 1

Community Care - 30 (28 of these Inquiry Disability Services - 1

cover Housing staff) Stadiums Authority - 1

ACT Community Care - 84

There are no current AWAs covering ACT public servants in the following agencies:

Department of Education and ACT Workcover

Community Services Totalcare

Canberra Institute of Technology Exhibition Park in Canberra

InTACT ACT Electoral Commission

Cultural Facilities Corporation Legislative Assembly Secretariat

Canberra Tourism and Events Independent Competition and

Corporation Regulatory Commission

ACTION Australian International Hotel School

ACT Insurance Authority Long Service Leave Board

(3) A range of bonuses and allowances are paid under AWAs. These are as follows:

Retention/attraction bonuses (62) On-call allowances (2)

Skill enhancement bonuses (10) Project completion bonuses (10)

Bushfire season allowances (2) Quality target bonus payments (")

Clinical target bonuses (2) In-charge allowances (4)

Expense of office allowances (2)

(4) The total maximum cost of these bonuses for the Service, if they were all paid. and this would be on the basis that all services were able to be delivered, is $197,500 per annum. This figure is an estimate of costs for the duration of AWAs, which in some instances is up to 3 years. The true figure is unlikely to be this figure however it is not possible to speculate what the true figure may be. The duration of AWAs will be included in agency Annual Reports.

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