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(3) The Directorate’s PBL team works with all PBL schools to analyse school level data. The effectiveness of the framework is evident by reductions in negative behaviour incidents being recorded, increased rates of positive incidence, reductions in suspension data and improvements in school satisfaction data.
(4) (a) & (b) Implementation of PBL does not require additional staff within schools.
The PBL implementation team supports schools to implement the PBL framework with fidelity, facilitating training for school PBL teams, attending school PBL team meetings and providing shoulder to shoulder coaching support. The team also attends school staff meetings to ensure information being disseminated is correct as it applies to the school context. As schools implement, the PBL team continues to be available to support schools with implementation, resources, research/information and training needs.
Environment—eastern bettong program
(Question No 2402)
Ms Lee asked the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, upon notice, on 22 March 2019:
(1) What was the cost of the Eastern Bettong release programme in the lower cotter catchment.
(2) What advice did the Minister’s office receive regarding the release of 67 Eastern Bettong into the wild between 2015 and 2017 and can the Minister provide a copy of the advice received.
(3) Has a report into the results of the trial been commissioned; if yes, will the findings of this experiment be made public and if so, when; if not, why not.
(4) Will a further release of Eastern Bettong take place in the future.
Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The costs incurred consisted of one Park Ranger FTE and vehicle from mid-2015 to early 2019 and program equipment (collars, tracking equipment, cameras, trapping, pest control etc). The total cost is in the order of $600,000.
(2) In early August a brief was provided to the then Minister for Environment and Climate Change prior to bettongs being released. A summary of advice is provided at Attachment A.
(3) The results will be disseminated in conjunction with the publication of a series of scientific papers currently being prepared by academics at the Australian National University.
(4) No further “beyond-the-fence” releases are currently planned. It is likely that bettongs will be reintroduced to the newly extended part of Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary following the eradication of exotic predators.
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