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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NOS: 298-301 - Equal Employment Opportunity
298 Chief Ministers Portfolio
299 Attorney General, Housing and Community Services
300 Finance and Urban Services
301 Health, Education and the Arts
MS FOLLETT - Asked all Ministers upon notice on 22 November 1990:
(1) For each agency in the Ministers portfolio, how many staff are currently employed, and at what levels, from each of the equal employment opportunity (EEO) designated groups (ie women, Aboriginals, people from non-English speaking backgrounds and people with disabilities).
(2) What (a) human and (b) financial resources are being devoted to
implementation of EEO in each agency. - .
Mr Kaine - The answer to the Members question is as follows:
Question 1:
The information that is available on designated groups for 1989-90 is shown in the annual reports of agencies. The cost of collecting this data is such that it is generally done annually, pending the implementation of an automated system. To address this problem a study is underway to establish what sort of human resource management, system should be implemented, and the study will be finalised early this year. One objective of the study is to be able to show in total the-numbers of staff currently employed, and the levels, in each of the EEO designated groups in the ACT Government Service.
Question 2:
Implementation of EEO in each ACTGS agency
Estimated direct expenditure (including salaries of EEO officers, training and conferences) on the implementation of EEO in the ACT Government Service is as follows:
Chief Ministers portfolio (4 officers) $205,000
Finance and Urban Services portfolio (2 officers) 75,000
Attorney Generals portfolio 8,000"
Health, Education and the Arts portfolio (5 officers) - 293,000
An additional amount of $120,000 was expended by the Electricity and Water Authority on EEO support matters. A side-effect of the administrative re-arrangements last July was that there
were no specialised EEO resources within the newly-created Department of Justice
and Community Services, since these resources remained with pre-existing
Departments and agencies.
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