QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities: Staffing (Question No. 1123)
Senator Conroy: The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the foll owing answer to the honourable s enator ' s question: (1) Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities No. In 2011–12 there have so far been no significant impacts, including staff losses, felt from the efficiency dividend. Bureau of Meteorology No Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority No Murray Darling Basin Authority No National Water Commission No (2) Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities No Bureau of Meteorology At this stage there are no plans for staff reductions. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority The Portfolio Budget Statement shows a reduction in staffing levels from 220 to 215, which represents a net change in staffing numbers. It includes reductions associated with the cessation of the: Graduate Program—discontinued at the end of 2010-11 as part of its savings measures Marine Monitoring Program—positions were originally funded under the Marine Monitoring component of Reef Rescue (DSEWPaC) but this ceased at the end of 2008-09; positions were then funded by GBRMPA until the end of the original contracts (30 Jun 2011). Murray Darling Basin Authority No National Water Commission The Commission does not currently have any plans for staff reductions. (3) Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Graduate intake numbers for the department are planned to rise from 29 in 2011 to 45 in 2012. Indigenous cadet numbers and school leaver trainee numbers will remain steady in 2012. Bureau of Meteorology The Bureau's graduate recruitment is limited to the recruitment of graduates for the Diploma in Meteorology. The numbers recruited vary from year to year for reasons including the number of separations from the Bureau. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority There are no specific plans to conduct another graduate program in the near future. Murray Darling Basin Authority No changes are proposed to the Authority's existing graduate program. National Water Commission The Commission has no plans for graduate recruitment, cadetships or similar programs.