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Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: Member for Brennan, further questions?
Mr CHANDLER: No.
Mr WOOD: Minister, you have a Green Energy Task Force that, I think, is due to bring out a report.
Can you say when that report is due and will it be made public?
Mr HAMPTON: The Green Energy Task Force’s the first report, the six monthly one, will be released
by the end of this month. They also hold an annual conference, and that will be held this year in
October in Alice Springs. That will be released by the end of the month.
Mr WOOD: I suppose I could ask if you regard nuclear energy as a green energy force?
Mr HAMPTON: Member for Nelson, I consider a lot of things as alternative energy sources. A very
major part of one of our targets is being a leader in renewable energy. We are looking at a lot of
different types of renewable energy. We are looking at …
Mr WOOD: It does not say that. It says green energy. It does not say renewable energy.
Mr HAMPTON: In terms of geothermal, we have gone out to expressions of interest for geothermal
exploration, for Alice Springs being a solar city and, wind power and those sorts of things.
Mr WOOD: I did not ask you that to be smart. I do not necessarily think – you may not agree with me
- in the debate about energy, just because some parties are politically opposed to it, we should not
take it out of the equation for discussion. That is all.
Ms SCRYMGOUR: The Labor Party has a uranium policy.
Mr WOOD: That is not nuclear plant, that is just digging it up and giving it to someone else.
Madam DEPUTY SPEAKER: Further questions, member for Nelson?
Mr WOOD: That will do, thank you.
Madam DEPUTY SPEAKER: No further questions on climate change?
Mr TOLLNER: No.
Madam DEPUTY SPEAKER: I advise members I have received a message from Hansard that
members and witnesses need to turn off their phones because when calls are coming through, the
phones on silent or vibrating are interfering with Hansard. So, we need mobile phones off, thank you.
Output 3.4 – Information, Communication and Technology Policy
Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: The next output is Output 3.4, Information Communication and Technology
Policy. Member for Drysdale.
Mr BOHLIN: Minister, of the latest ICT service delivery contracts, how many traineeships are
compulsorily attached to the contracts. With the latest ICT service delivery contracts being broken
down into eight pieces, how many extra staff will be needed to manage those contracts and delivery
standards?
Mr HAMPTON: I presume you are talking about the whole-of-government IT contracts. First of all, I
did have an opening remark here.
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Mr TOLLNER: I think you have foregone that opportunity, minister.
Mr BOHLIN: It is gone, long gone. The first question has already been taken.
Mr HAMPTON: I am certainly happy to hand over to Mr Graham Symons in relation to that question.
Mr SYMONS: The ICT contract management actually really comes under Mr Knight’s portfolio, but a
broad answer to the first part of the question – I missed the second part of the question – the numbers
of jobs and trainees associated with the new contract model are, in fact, very similar, if not identical, to
the current contract model.
Mr BOHLIN: What is that then, sir?
Mr SYMONS: I could not tell you the exact number of trainees at the moment. We can get that for you
on notice, though.
Mr BOHLIN: Can I put that question on notice, Madam Deputy Chair?
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Question on Notice No 8.19
Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: Sorry, member for Drysdale. You need to repeat that.
Mr BOHLIN: I will put that particular part of the question - in fact, I will put that whole question on
notice. Of the latest ICT service delivery contracts, how many traineeships are compulsorily attached
to the contracts? With the latest ICT service delivery contracts being broken down into eight pieces,
how many extra staff will be needed to manage those contracts and delivery standards?
Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: For Hansard, that is question No 8.19.
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Mr BOHLIN: Under your government and your watches, minister, you delivered a finance
management computer program for all the shires, after they began operating in such a model. Why
did you fail to ensure the program was a stable, robust, and purpose appropriate system? Why has it
been at the cost of government to have programs rectified, and at what cost? Why was this not
covered as a failure of the program delivery company?
Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: Is that appropriate to this Output?
Ms SCRYMGOUR: Madam Deputy Chair, can I just say that the IT system with the shires the
member for Drysdale is talking about is with Local Government, rather than across government and
the whole of government in terms of this output.
Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: Yes, that would be correct, member for Drysdale.
Ms SCRYMGOUR: He needs to address it to the Local Government minister.
Mr BOHLIN: Thank you for the table’s input, but it is an information and communications and
technology issue.
Madam DEPUTY CHAIR: Actually, member for Drysdale, you are talking specifically about an output
that refers to another agency, and that is ...
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