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3381 Questions and Answers 3381 PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1999-2000-2001 SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ___________ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS No. 113 WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2001 ___________ (The Questions and Answers Paper is published for each sitting day and will contain, by number and title, all unanswered questions, together with questions to which answers have been received on the previous sitting day and any new questions. Consequently the full text of any question will be printed only twice: when notice is given; and, when answered.) 3382 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wednesday 17 October 2001 Q. & A. No. 106 10 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2388 to 2429) Q. & A. No. 107 11 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2430 to 2473) Q. & A. No. 108 12 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2474 to 2500) Q. & A. No. 109 24 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2501 to 2528) Q. & A. No. 110 25 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2529 to 2548) Q. & A. No. 111 26 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2549 to 2577) Q. & A. No. 112 27 October 2001 (Including Question Nos 2578 to 2583) Q. & A. No. 113 21 November 2001 (Including Question Nos 2584 to 2612) 3383 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wednesday 17 October 2001 Notice of Question given on the date shown 4 SEPTEMBER 2001 (Paper No. 106) *2388 AVO’S ISSUED IN NSW—Mr Armstrong to the Attorney General, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts— (1) How many AVOs were issued in NSW in 2000? (2) How many AVOs were issued in NSW in 1999? (3) How many AVOs were issued in 2000 in the following Local Area Commands: (a) Griffith Local Area Command? (b) Cootamundra Local Area Command? (c) Wagga Wagga Local Area Command? (d) Lachlan Local Area Command? (e) Canabolas Local Area Command? Answer— (1) and (2) The Department compiles data in relation to AVOs on a financial year basis. Information has been provided about 1998/99 and 1999/2000, however information is not yet available for 2000/1. In 1999/2000, 13,448 Apprehended (Personal) Violence Orders and 25,104 Apprehended (Domestic) Violence Orders were issued. In 1998/99, 14,130 Apprehended (Personal) Violence Orders and 22, 855 Apprehended (Domestic) Violence Orders were issued (3) The Department compiles statistics for individual local courts, not on the basis of Local Area Commands (LACs). In relation to each of the following answers, the Police Service have provided advice about which courts come within the boundaries of particular LACs. (a) Courts within the boundaries of the Lachlan LAC: Court Process Issued (APVOs) Process Issued (ADVOs) Condobolin 38 47 Forbes 13 67 Lake Cargelligo 56 91 Parkes 33 211 Peak Hill 3 14 Total 143 430 (b) Courts within the boundaries of the Griffith LAC: Court Process Issued (APVOs) Process Issued (ADVOs) Griffith 55 146 Hillston 1 10 Leeton 41 205 Narrandera 18 68 West Wyalong 20 79 Total 135 508 (c) Courts within the boundaries of the Cootamundra LAC: Court Process Issued (APVOs) Process Issued (ADVOs) Cootamundra 31 48 Grenfell 2 6 Gundagai 6 8 3384 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wednesday 17 October 2001 Tumut 21 101 Young 36 77 Total 96 240 (d) Courts within the boundaries of the Wagga Wagga LAC: Court Process Issued(APVOs) Process Issued(ADVOs) Junee 10 34 Lockhart 0 1 Temora 13 24 Wagga Wagga 77 215 Total 100 274 (e) Courts within the boundaries of the Canobolas LAC: Court Process Issued (APVOs) Process Issued (ADVOs) Cowra 42 77 Orange 70 172 Total 112 249 *2389 DOWNSIZING SOIL CONSERVATION DIVISION—Mr Armstrong to the Minister for Agriculture, and Minister for Land and Water Conservation— (1) What is the future for the 60 plus staff employed in the Soil Conservation division by the Department of Land and Water Conservation in NSW? (2) Are there any plans for the downsizing of this division? (3) Are there sufficient funds within the budget to maintain full staffing levels and all current programs and services? (4) Will the Minister announce a future directions statement for Soil Conservation? (5) What is the role of the Soil Conservation division in the various departmental reduction programs? (6) What is the role of the Soil Conservation division in the planning and environmental programs? (7) What is the role of the Soil Conservation division in the agricultural programs? (8) What is the role of Conservation division in the land environment programs? (9) What is the role of the Soil Conservation division in the national parks programs? (10) What is the role of the Soil conservation division in the department of public works projects? Answer— There is no Soil Conservation division, as such, within the Department of Land and Water Conservation. Mr Armstrong may be referring to the Soil Services business within the Department, which includes a soil conservation earthmoving operation, known as Soilworks. Soilworks operates 57 bulldozers across New South Wales and is engaged by both private and public clients, on a contract basis, to undertake planning and construction of earthworks for soil conservation and erosion control. In the main, these services involve individual property works for rural landholders or broader catchment management programs, but may extend to assisting with the soil conservation / erosion control input to a range of programs undertaken by other agencies. The future direction of the Department’s soil conservation earthmoving operation is currently under consideration and a proposal will be submitted to Cabinet in due course. *2390 ONE MAN POLICE STATION—Mr Armstrong to the Minister for Police— (1) How many shifts per fortnight is the Officer in charge of a one man police station expected to work? (2) How many shifts per fortnight is the Officer in charge of a one man police station expected to work under that responsibility? 3385 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wednesday 17 October 2001 Answer— (1) to (2) I am advised by the Acting Deputy Commissioner (Field Operations) that the number and length of shifts may vary, based on the Police Service Award and flexible rostering. The Local Area Commander has the authority to deploy police resources in accordance with operational needs *2391 DISTRICT COURT—Mr Piccoli to the Attorney General, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts— Will the District Court (criminal and / or civil) circuit continue to include Deniliquin in 2001? Answer— The District Court is currently not scheduled to sit in Deniliquin in 2001. The Chief Judge will continue to monitor the caseload at Deniliquin. If the caseload increases, he can arrange for the Court to sit at Deniliquin. *2392 SATELLITE SERVICES FOR VISUAL MONITORING—Ms Seaton to the Minister for Agriculture, and Minister for Land and Water Conservation— (1) Do any NSW Government Departments or Agencies in the Minister’s portfolio lease or pay for satellite services for visual monitoring of any land in NSW to aid land and water management, conservation or other environment data collection and service delivery? (2) What services are accessed? (3) What is the annual cost of these services? (4) How many times have satellite services been used in the six month period from: January – June 1999 June – December 1999 January – June 2000 June – December 2000 January – June 2001? (5) What information was gathered in each of those periods, and from what parts of NSW? (6) Who analysed or utilised this information in each period? (7) Were any reports produced from this information? If so by whom, and where are they available? Answer— (1) to (7) This question is identical to question number 2379 asked by Ms P. Seaton MP on 6 July 2001. I refer to the answer I provided to the previous question. *2393 SATELLITE SERVICES—Ms Seaton to the Attorney General, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts— (1) Do any NSW Government Departments or Agencies in the Minister’s portfolio lease or pay for satellite services for visual monitoring of any land in NSW to aid land and water management, conservation or other environment data collection and service delivery? (2) What services are accessed? (3) What is the annual cost of these services? (4) How many times have satellite services been used in the six month period from January – June 1999 June – December 1999 January – June 2000 June – December 2000 January – June 2001 3386 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wednesday 17 October 2001 (5) What information was gathered in each of those periods, and from what parts of NSW? (6) Who analysed or utilised this information in each period? (7) Were any reports produced from this information? If so by whom, and where are they available? Answer— See previous answers to these questions in response to Question on Notice 2380. *2394 EPPING—CASTLE HILL RAILWAY—Mr Richardson to the Minister for Transport, and Minister for (1) Now that the Minister has conceded that he cannot meet the original schedule for building the Parramatta-Chatswood rail link, what is the Government’s timetable for completing its proposed Epping to Castle Hill railway line? (2) When will work commence on the proposed Epping to Castle Hill railway line? (3) When does the Minister expect the line to become operational? (4) Does the Government intend to extend this proposed railway line to Mungerie Park Regional Centre? (5) If so, when will work commence on this section of the railway? (6) When does the Minister expect the first train to pull into Mungerie Park station? Answer— (1) The Epping to Castle Hill railway link is discussed in the Government’s strategic transport plan, Action for Transport 2010.
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