Page 1439 - Week 04 - Thursday, 4 April 2019

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It is likely that some invoices would have been raised prior to 1 October 2018 but not finalised until after the change-over.

(9) In 22 June 2012, Fair Work Australia made a decision that employees in the Social and Community Services industry should receive the same pay as state and local government employees for comparable work. The decision included recognition that government, while not a SACS industry employer, plays an important funding role.

An Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) was issued on the same day, detailing loadings to be added to the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 for relevant employees in instalments over eight years from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2020.

ACT Government provides financial support annually for those community sector organisations to which the ERO is applicable.

(10)

(a) $578,482.65 for the remediation of the birthing suites.

(b) SHAPE Australia Pty Limited.

(11)

(a) Five birthing suites remain to be remediated, two are currently being remediated.

(b) The forecast costs for the full remediation of each birthing suite is approximately $90,000.

(c) All construction works in the 14 birthing suites to be remediated are expected to be completed by November 2019, subject to clinical operational constraints.

(12) The invoices for $310,632.76 and $270,176.24 relate to approved training and study leave conferences and seminars funded by the Medical Education Expenses entitlement under the Medical Officers Enterprise Agreement or funded by the Canberra Hospital Private Practice Fund. In relation to the invoice for $28,689.79, these costs relate to approved training and study leave conferences, approved interstate meetings/interviews and approved local accommodation expenditure for locum medical staff for the Division of Medicine and Division of Surgery.

(13)

• There are 157 clinical staff involved in conference costs relating to the payments to American Express for $310,632.76 and $270,176.24:

(a) I have been advised by CHS that the information sought is not in an easily retrievable form, and that to collect and assemble the information sought solely for the purpose of answering the question would require a considerable diversion of resources.

(b) these payments relate to 157 clinical staff

(d) these payments do not relate to any non staff

(e)

i. there were 69 domestic flight charges to the value of $33,420.79 and 64 international flights charges to the value of $450,247.65.

ii. there were 38 domestic accommodation charges to the value of $23,135.40 and 39 international accommodation charges to the value of $74,005.16.

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