Book 8 - Parliament of Victoria

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
1748 COUNCIL Tuesday, 31 May 2011
ANSWER:
I am informed that:
(c) whose employment ceased as a result of a voluntary separation or resignation.
(2) What is the total gross cost of all payments made to these staff as a result of these redundancies,
terminations and separations, between 2 December 2010 and 2 March 2011 inclusive.
(1) (a, b, c)
The member has not made clear the time period he is referencing. However, I can inform him since 1 July
2010 to 2 March 2011 there have been 213 voluntary separations and 0 redundancies and terminations.
(2) The total gross costs of all payments made to staff as a result of voluntary cessation of employment was
$55 474 for the period.
Environment and climate change: Department of Sustainability and Environment — staff
116. MR PAKULA — To ask the Minister for Health (for the Minister for Environment and Climate
Change):
ANSWER:
I am informed that:
(1) What is the total number of executive and non-executive staff employed by the Department of
Sustainability and Environment who were either —
(a) made redundant (whether voluntarily or involuntarily);
(b) had employment terminated by the department; or
(c) whose employment ceased as a result of a voluntary separation or resignation.
(2) What is the total gross cost of all payments made to these staff as a result of these redundancies,
terminations and separations, between 2 December 2010 and 2 March 2011 inclusive.
(1) 176 employees separated from the Department of Sustainability and Environment between 2 December 2010
and 2 March 2011. These separations include:
(a) 3 employees who, as a result of internal restructures, accepted separation packages;
(b) 1 employee who was terminated by the department as a result of a serious disciplinary matter, and
74 who did not have their fixed-term employment renewed for operational reasons;
(c) 98 employees whose employment ceased as a result of retirements, transfer to other departments and
resignations.
(2) The total cost gross of all exit payments made to these staff, such as for long service leave and other accrued
entitlements was $802 536.41.
Environment and climate change: Ballarat green waste — power generation
179. MS PULFORD — To ask the Minister for Health (for the Minister for Environment and Climate
Change): In relation to investigating the generation of power from Ballarat’s green waste:
(1) Has the minister sought, and received, advice from the Department of Sustainability and
Environment on conducting an investigation; if so, did that advice recommend a time line for
conduct of study, what date was recommended and did the minister accept the recommendation.