Page 3001 - Week 09 - Thursday, 18 August 2005
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(39) Why has a portal been introduced when it was never part of the original communications plan and why was it necessary to replace the then existing Information Management System;
(40) Did the ESA put out a public tender for this ‘portal’ so it could consider other possibilities; if so, when was it put out and how many tenders did you receive;
(41) Why in this public tender were requirements stipulated that appeared to match specifications of the portal suggested by Plumtree;
(42) Was a letter sent on behalf of a potential contractor that stated the tender was un-competitive; if so, what was your response;
(43) Were any observations made by the Government Solicitors or any other agency criticising the tender process;
(44) How can the quote by Mr Dunn stating that “… we are working overtime to make sure we are using world’s best practices here in Canberra ...” on Thursday, 9 September 2004, be true if non-competitive tenders were used;
(45) If ESA was searching widely for “world’s best practices” to determine the best option then why wasn’t a proper commercial tender put out with the correct analysis undertaken;
(46) Did Mr Dunn also state that funds had been made available over the next two years; if so, how much funding was made available and from where was it sourced;
(47) What has happened to the three control vehicles that were approved and funded for totaling $856 000;
(48) Is the financial management software system Oracle still fully operating for the ESA; if so, why, on several occasions, have emergency services vehicles been unable to fill up with fuel, due to the non-payment of accounts;
(49) How does the ESA propose to monitor its finances if there is such an obvious inability to set systems or budgets in place that control this;
(50) Further to Point 2, 2005-06 highlights, Budget Paper 4, page 369, what will be continued upon in relation to community awareness levels in this year’s budget;
(51) Further to Point 5, 2005-06 highlights Budget Paper 4, page 369: Continuing to enhance the skills in the Community Fire Units (CFU), can the Minister guarantee that the bushfire approaches to all vulnerable suburbs have had their fuel hazard loads eradicated, if as he says the bushfire fire risk has decreased for the reason that a significant amount of the fuel hazard was burnt in January 2003; if so, what was your plan in prioritising which vulnerable suburbs were given priority and are the remaining 58 CFU areas of operation/responsibilities by and large risk free;
(52) How can the bushfire risk index have reduced if the drought continues, as it has to date and is forecast to last well into the next fire season and how can the Minister justify letting up in the drive to implement sensible urgent measures and related priorities to minimise the community's bushfire risk as he has done with the CFU program;
(53) What is the importance of the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan (SBMP);
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