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ACT Ambulance Service—staffing
(Question No 664)
Mrs Jones asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 22 September 2017:
(1) What is the growth in demand for service that the ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) has experience over the past five years.
(2) In its last two budget submissions, has ACTAS requested another crew(s) or resources for another crew(s); if so, were these requests accepted or rejected.
(3) How many ACTAS staff are currently on Comcare and how many have been on Comcare for over four weeks.
Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Demand for ambulance service figures are publically available in the Report on Government Services (ROGS) at http://www.pc.gov.au/research/ongoing/report-on-government-services and in Justice and Community Safety Annual Reports at http://www.justice.act.gov.au/page/view/197/title/annual-reports.
(2) Deliberations and decisions on Budget matters are Cabinet-in-Confidence. The Budget Papers provide details of approved initiatives, and are publicly available.
The Government has committed to recruit an additional ambulance crew during this term of government.
(3) As at 1 September 2017, 33 ACTAS staff members are in receipt of either medical or incapacity assistance from Comcare. Of these, all have been on Comcare for over four weeks.
Firearms—national gun amnesty
(Question No 665)
Mrs Jones asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 22 September 2017:
(1) How many guns have been handed in, to date, as part of the ACT’s involvement in the national gun amnesty.
(2) Are there any plans to extend the amnesty period in the ACT beyond three months; if so, what are the plans.
(3) Are any personal or contact details collected by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) or other government officials when a gun owner hands in their firearm(s) at the AFP Firearms Registry.
(4) Once a firearm(s) is handed into the AFP Registry, what is done with it.
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