Outcome: 	1. Environment		Question No: 23
Sub-outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Topic: 	Staffing and attendance at Reef HQ
Hansard Page ECITA:	116

Senator McLucas asked:
I usually ask this standard series of questions about staffing, about attendance at Reef Headquarters and how, particularly, the Reef HQ budget is travelling as a sub-budget of the total budget.

Answer/s:
A comparative table of Reef HQ visitor numbers and revenue is at Attachment A.
Staffing as at 31 December 2004 was:
GBRMPA Staffing by Output*
	Full Time Equivalent
30 June 2004	Full Time Equivalent
31 Dec 2004	
Conservation, Biodiversity & World Heritage
(previously included RAP Task Force)	8.00	7.00	
Water Quality and Coastal Development	9.50	11.00	
Fisheries	6.50	6.00	
Tourism & Recreation	5.49	6.49	
•	Field Management
•	Planning & Impact Assess
•	Indigenous & Community Liaison
Sub-total Park Management	13.00
19.00
5.00
37.00	17.00
22.06
3.00
42.06	
Information for Management	28.00	29.00	
Communication & Education
Reef HQ	13.67
23.60	12.00
20.60	
Sub-Total Direct Outputs	131.76	134.15	
Executive	7.00	7.00	
Ministerial Liaison & Legal Services	5.00	5.00	
Corporate Services	22.53	23.83	
Total All Staff	166.29	169.98	
•	Excludes staff on long term leave.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No: 24
Sub-outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Output:	1.3 Fisheries
Division/Agency:  	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Topic: 	Representative Areas Program
Hansard Page ECITA: 	117

Senator McLucas asked:
Whether Virginia Chadwick was “…contacted by the Minister for the Environment or his office in August of last year requesting all correspondence and other communications, including maps, relating to Repulse Bay or the Representative Areas Program between the Member for Dawson, Mrs De-Anne Kelly, or her office and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority during the period 1 January to 5 August 2004.”

Answer/s:
The minister’s office is in regular contact with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority as it forms part of the portfolio responsibilities of the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. GBRMPA is not in a position to provide information about specific content or context of such contacts.

Outcome:	1. Environment		Question No: 25
Sub-outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef	
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Topic:	Representative Areas Program
Hansard Page ECITA:	117

Senator McLucas asked:
Minister, I wonder if you could make a commitment at this point that this report (Futereye) be made public.

Answer/s:  
The Futureye Report was publicly released on 11 March 2005.