Page 1999 - Week 06 - Friday, 6 May 2005

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .


Public service—consultants
(Question No 273)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Urban Services, 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 Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1-2) This information will be available in the 2004-05 Annual Report.

Public service—consultants
(Question No 274)

Mr Smyth asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, 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 Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) and (2) This information will be published in the annual reports for 2004 - 2005.

Herbicides—use
(Question No 279)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for the Environment, upon notice, on 10 March 2005, redirected to the Minister for Urban Services:

(1) Does ACT Forests use residual herbicides such as atrazine and hexazinone in their operations; if so, which herbicides;

(2) What is the half-life of each of the residual herbicides used;

(3) Were residual herbicides regularly used in the Lower Cotter forests prior to the 2003 fires; if so, (a) what studies were done into the concentrations of residual herbicides in the soil following the 2003 fires in the Lower Cotter catchment, (b) what work was done to assess the impact of the erosion of soils containing residual herbicides on the water catchment, (c) what work was done to ensure that soils containing concentrations of


Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . .