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(1) Have any consultants been used to date this financial year in your portfolio; if so, what was the (a) name of the consultant (b) address of the consultant (c) cost of the consultancy and (d) service provided by the consultants;

(2) Has or will a report been prepared by the consultant/s; if so, where may copies be obtained.

Mr Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

Much of this information is being prepared for the 2004-05 Annual Report of the Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, and will be available in line with the Government's guidelines and timetable for production of that report.

In relation to the residual information, the Government is not prepared to invest the significant time required to address such a question.

Public service—consultants
(Question No 275)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Sport and Recreation, upon notice, on 10 March 2005:

(1) Have any consultants been used to date this financial year in your portfolio; if so, what was the (a) name of the consultant (b) address of the consultant (c) cost of the consultancy and (d) service provided by the consultants;

(2) Has or will a report been prepared by the consultant/s; if so, where may copies be obtained.

Mr Quinlan: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) No consultants have been used to date this financial year.

(2) N/A.

Hospitals—ambulance bypass
(Question No 277)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 10 March 2005:

(1) What is the full list of measures that must be implemented before a hospital can be approved for ambulance bypass;

(2) Does this list of measures include telling staff that they need to or should skip meal breaks and work harder; if not, why would this have been a measure discussed in an email between the Deputy Director General of the Canberra Hospital, the Director of Emergency Medicine and an Emergency Department Doctor.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:


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