Questions & Answers Paper No. 158 - Parliament of New South ...
Questions & Answers Paper No. 158 - Parliament of New South ...
Questions & Answers Paper No. 158 - Parliament of New South ...
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7037<br />
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS<br />
MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2009<br />
65 and over 68 130 198 1.8%<br />
Total 2 030 9 004 11 034 100%<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> Casual School Teachers<br />
Age Male Female Total Total (%)<br />
Under 25 189 792 981 10.2%<br />
25 34 489 1 594 2 083 21.6%<br />
35 44 336 1 545 1 881 19.5%<br />
45 54 396 1 539 1 935 20%<br />
55 64 648 1 564 2 212 22.9%<br />
65 and over 198 369 567 5.9%<br />
Total 2 256 7 403 9 659 100%<br />
As these figures are a snapshot <strong>of</strong> a point in time, they show the numbers <strong>of</strong> casual teachers employed on<br />
a particular day. The length <strong>of</strong> each casual engagement varies from 1 day to less than 4 weeks, and over<br />
the course <strong>of</strong> a year a casual teacher could be engaged once or have successive casual engagements.<br />
*7318 HUNTER WATER—ANNUAL REBATE—Mr Greg Piper asked the Minister for Water, and Minister for<br />
Regional Development—<br />
As current government policy sees retirement village pensioners miss out on Hunter Water's $199 annual<br />
rebate, will the Minister immediately fix this anomaly by acknowledging that these pensioners are<br />
"customers" through payment <strong>of</strong> water rates within their village levy?<br />
Answer—<br />
The NSW Office <strong>of</strong> Water is currently undertaking a review <strong>of</strong> pensioner concessions.<br />
*7319 PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE CRITERIA—Mr Greg Piper asked the Minister for Transport, and Minister<br />
for the Illawarra—<br />
Why does Category 1 <strong>of</strong> the Private Hire Vehicle Criteria for Unrestricted Private Hire Vehicles require a<br />
minimum wheelbase <strong>of</strong> 2,800 mm while Categories 2 and 3 require only a minimum <strong>of</strong> 2,700 mm?<br />
Answer—<br />
I am advised:<br />
Wheelbase restrictions were amended to encourage the use <strong>of</strong> more environmentally friendly hire car<br />
vehicles and to allow for the use <strong>of</strong> luxury vehicles as defined by the Commonwealth Government's<br />
luxury tax threshold.<br />
*7320 COMBINED-CYCLE GAS GENERATORS—Mr Greg Piper asked the Minister for Education and<br />
Training, and Minister for Women representing the Minister for Primary Industries, Minister for Energy,<br />
Minister for Mineral Resources, Minister for State Development—<br />
Given the 60% reduction in carbon emission from combined-cycle gas generators and their proven ability<br />
to generate base load power, will the Government insist on gas as the fuel for all new power generators in<br />
the State?<br />
Answer—<br />
The developers <strong>of</strong> all new power stations will make decisions about the technology and fuel type for the<br />
next power station in the knowledge that they will operate under the emissions cap set by the<br />
Commonwealth Government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).<br />
*7321 ENHANCED PRIMARY CARE PROGRAM—Mr Ge<strong>of</strong>f Provest asked the Deputy Premier, Minister for<br />
Climate Change and the Environment, and Minister for Commerce representing the Attorney General,<br />
Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Health, Minister for the Central Coast, Vice President <strong>of</strong><br />
the Executive Council—<br />
In relation to the Enhanced Primary Care program:<br />
What is the total number <strong>of</strong> patients utilising this service in the Tweed electorate year to date?<br />
Answer—<br />
The Enhanced Primary Care Program is a mechanism whereby General Practitioners are able to refer to a<br />
range <strong>of</strong> Allied Health Services under Commonwealth Funding via the Medicare Agreement.<br />
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