Questions & Answers Paper No. 158 - Parliament of New South ...

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2009
65 and over 68 130 198 1.8%
Total 2 030 9 004 11 034 100%
Number of Casual School Teachers
Age Male Female Total Total (%)
Under 25 189 792 981 10.2%
25 34 489 1 594 2 083 21.6%
35 44 336 1 545 1 881 19.5%
45 54 396 1 539 1 935 20%
55 64 648 1 564 2 212 22.9%
65 and over 198 369 567 5.9%
Total 2 256 7 403 9 659 100%
As these figures are a snapshot of a point in time, they show the numbers of casual teachers employed on
a particular day. The length of each casual engagement varies from 1 day to less than 4 weeks, and over
the course of a year a casual teacher could be engaged once or have successive casual engagements.
*7318 HUNTER WATER—ANNUAL REBATE—Mr Greg Piper asked the Minister for Water, and Minister for
Regional Development—
As current government policy sees retirement village pensioners miss out on Hunter Water's $199 annual
rebate, will the Minister immediately fix this anomaly by acknowledging that these pensioners are
"customers" through payment of water rates within their village levy?
Answer—
The NSW Office of Water is currently undertaking a review of pensioner concessions.
*7319 PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLE CRITERIA—Mr Greg Piper asked the Minister for Transport, and Minister
for the Illawarra—
Why does Category 1 of the Private Hire Vehicle Criteria for Unrestricted Private Hire Vehicles require a
minimum wheelbase of 2,800 mm while Categories 2 and 3 require only a minimum of 2,700 mm?
Answer—
I am advised:
Wheelbase restrictions were amended to encourage the use of more environmentally friendly hire car
vehicles and to allow for the use of luxury vehicles as defined by the Commonwealth Government's
luxury tax threshold.
*7320 COMBINED-CYCLE GAS GENERATORS—Mr Greg Piper asked the Minister for Education and
Training, and Minister for Women representing the Minister for Primary Industries, Minister for Energy,
Minister for Mineral Resources, Minister for State Development—
Given the 60% reduction in carbon emission from combined-cycle gas generators and their proven ability
to generate base load power, will the Government insist on gas as the fuel for all new power generators in
the State?
Answer—
The developers of all new power stations will make decisions about the technology and fuel type for the
next power station in the knowledge that they will operate under the emissions cap set by the
Commonwealth Government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
*7321 ENHANCED PRIMARY CARE PROGRAM—Mr Geoff Provest asked the Deputy Premier, Minister for
Climate Change and the Environment, and Minister for Commerce representing the Attorney General,
Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Health, Minister for the Central Coast, Vice President of
the Executive Council—
In relation to the Enhanced Primary Care program:
What is the total number of patients utilising this service in the Tweed electorate year to date?
Answer—
The Enhanced Primary Care Program is a mechanism whereby General Practitioners are able to refer to a
range of Allied Health Services under Commonwealth Funding via the Medicare Agreement.
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