67 PROOF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS No. 15 MONDAY 27 MAY 2019 (The Questions and Answers Paper published for the first sitting day in each week will contain, by number and title, all unanswered questions, together with questions to which answers have been received on the previous sitting and any new questions. On subsequent days, new questions are printed, as are questions to which answers were received the previous day. Consequently the full text of any question will be printed only twice: when notice is given; and, when answered.) Notice given on date shown 68 Legislative Council Questions and Answers No. 15— Monday 27 May 2019 Publication of Questions Answer to be lodged by Q & A No. 1 (Including Question Nos 0001 to 0002) 28 May 2019 Q & A No. 2 (Including Question Nos 0003 to 0033) 29 May 2019 Q & A No. 3 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 4 (Including Question Nos 0034 to 0036) 31 May 2019 Q & A No. 5 (Including Question Nos 0037 to 0039) 03 June 2019 Q & A No. 6 (Including Question Nos 0040 to 0042) 04 June 2019 Q & A No. 7 (Including Question Nos 0043 to 0046) 05 June 2019 Q & A No. 8 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 9 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 10 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 11 (Including Question Nos 0047 to 0050) 11 June 2019 Q & A No. 12 (Including Question Nos 0051 to 0054) 12 June 2019 Q & A No. 13 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 14 (Questions—Nil) - Q & A No. 15 (Including Question Nos 0055 to 0071) 17 June 2019 69 Legislative Council Questions and Answers No. 15— Monday 27 May 2019 27 MAY 2019 (Paper No. 15) 55 JOBS, INVESTMENT, TOURISM AND WESTERN SYDNEY—DATA ON BUNGARRIBEE PARK SYDNEY ZOO—Ms Hurst to ask the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney— With regard to the Bungarribee Park Sydney Zoo: (1) What is the size of (a) the chimpanzee enclosure (b) the gorilla enclosure (c) the elephant enclosure (d) the orangutan enclosure (e) the lion enclosure (2) How does the size of these enclosures compare to enclosures for chimpanzees, gorillas, elephants orang-utans and lions at Taronga Zoo in Sydney? (3) What is the size of the footprint of the zoo? (4) Have Sydney Zoo Pty Ltd been required to submit a business case to show whether the zoo is financially viable? (a) If so is this public information and where is it available? (5) If the zoo were to become financially unviable and closed what would happen to the animals and where would they go? (a) What procedures are in place to protect the public from exposure to costs of caring for the animals? (6) How much money is the government investing in Bungarribee Park Sydney Zoo? (a) 2018 financial year? (b) 2019 financial year? (c) 2020 financial year? 56 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT—DATA ON BUNGARRIBEE PARK SYDNEY ZOO—Ms Hurst to ask the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women representing the Minister for Energy and Environment— With regard to the Bungarribee Park Sydney Zoo: (1) What is the size of (a) the chimpanzee enclosure? (b) the gorilla enclosure? (c) the elephant enclosure? (d) the orangutan enclosure? (e) the lion enclosure? (2) How does the size of these enclosures compare to enclosures for chimpanzees, gorillas, elephants orang-utans and lions at Taronga Zoo in Sydney? (3) What is the size of the footprint of the zoo? (4) Have Sydney Zoo Pty Ltd been required to submit a business case to show whether the zoo is financially viable? (a) If so is this public information and where is it available? (5) If the zoo were to become financially unviable and closed what would happen to the animals and where would they go? (a) What procedures are in place to protect the public from exposure to costs of caring for the animals? (6) How much money is the government investing in Bungarribee Park Sydney Zoo? 70 Legislative Council Questions and Answers No. 15— Monday 27 May 2019 (a) 2018 financial year? (b) 2019 financial year? (c) 2020 financial year? 57 FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND DISABILITY SERVICES—EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION—Mr Shoebridge to ask the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services— (1) How much was allocated in 2017-18 to Early Intervention and Prevention programs? (2) Which programs funded by the department are considered Early Intervention and Prevention programs? (3) How is it decided if a program is considered an Early Intervention and Prevention program? (4) Who decides if a programs is an Early Intervention and Prevention program? (5) What guidelines or policies are in place to help determine is a program is an Early Intervention and Prevention program? 58 FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND DISABILITY SERVICES—RESEARCH REFERENCED BY SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE—Mr Shoebridge to ask the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services— (1) What is the research referred to on 2SM radio news bulletins Wednesday 22 May 2019 in which the Secretary of the Department of Justice was quoted that details the benefits of early intervention programs? (2) Where is the research publicly available? 59 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES—FIRE AND RESCUE NSW MERIT-BASED RECRUITMENT & WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS—Mr Latham to ask the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— (1) Since 2015, what feedback and representations from firefighters (past and present) has FRNSW management received warning that its shift away from merit-based recruitment (the best person for the job getting the job) and its watering down of training and testing standards will lead to higher numbers of workplace accidents and public safety problems? What are the details? (2) For each of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019: (a) How many fire-vehicle accidents have there been attributed to driver fault? (b) How many have involved fire-vehicles flipping upside down? (c) Which stations have been responsible? 60 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES—FIRE AND RESCUE NSW GENDER BASED RECRUITMENT—Mr Latham to ask the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— (1) In relation to FRNSW recruitment policies, does the Minister agree with the statement of former Commissioner Greg Mullins in 2016 that, "Merit selection will determine the best candidates for the job, regardless of gender but we will deliver equity in the number of male and female firefighters"? (2) How is merit selection compatible with a predetermined 50:50 gender employment quota? (3) Does the Minister agree with the statement of FRNSW Commissioner Paul Baxter in May 2018 that, "We don't have a specific (gender recruitment) goal but we now have 50:50 recruiting"? (a) What is the official policy and practice of FRNSW with regard to merit versus gender-based recruitment? (4) Is the Minister aware of Mr Baxter's claim that, "Organisations that have good gender balance are more innovative, competitive and are better places to work"? What evidence can the government provide supporting this claim: (a) in general 71 Legislative Council Questions and Answers No. 15— Monday 27 May 2019 (b) from firefighting services internationally? 61 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES—FIRE AND RESCUE NSW GENDER EQUITY—Mr Latham to ask the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— (1) Does the Minister regard public safety as the paramount objective of Fire and Rescue NSW? (a) If so, does the Minister also believe that in FRNSW recruitment practices, the best person for the job should get the job, regardless of their race, gender and sexuality? (2) In what circumstances, if any, does the Minister believe that recruitment practices at FRNSW should discriminate on the basis of race, gender or sexuality? (3) In claiming that its gender equity and 50:50 gender employment quota policies will improve the workforce performance of the organisation, what evidence and⁄or reports has Fire and Rescue NSW relied on in making this claim? 62 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES—INDIGENOUS FIRE AND RESCUE EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY—Mr Latham to ask the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— (1) For each of 2018 and 2019, how many people participated in the NSWFR Indigenous Fire and Rescue Employment Strategy (IFARES) program? (a) How many of these have become full-time fire-fighters? (2) In meeting the criterion to "identify as Aboriginal and⁄or Torres Strait Islander'' how does FRNSW prevent self-identification by people who aren't actually Indigenous, thereby protecting the integrity of the program? (3) In the name of diversity and equity, what equivalent program does FRNSW run for non-Indigenous people from a low-income, low socio-economic background? 63 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES—SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILE INDIGENOUS OFFENDERS—Mr Latham to ask the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— (1) What special programs does the NSW Police Force run for the benefit of juvenile Indigenous offenders? (2) For each of 2018 and 2019, how many times and for what purpose have on- duty police been required to run these programs? What are the details? (3) For each of 2018 and 2019, on which occasions did the programs involve travel interstate or overseas? (a) What was the cost of these excursions? (b) How many officers participated and what in detail did they involve? (4) Are there any equivalent programs for juvenile non-Indigenous offenders (a) If so, what are the details? 64 POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES—METHADONE POLICY—Mr Latham to ask the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services— (1) How many vehicle accidents in NSW involved drivers who recorded levels of methadone in their system in? (a) 2017? (b) 2018? (c) 2019? (2) When did the NSW Government last revise its policy on allowing drivers under the influence of methadone to legally drive? 72 Legislative Council Questions and Answers No.