Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  7
Sub Outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Topic:	GBRMPA Staffing
Hansard Page ECITA:	93

Senator McLucas asked:
Do you have an update of the staffing for the committee, please, Ms Chadwick?

Answer/s:
GBRMPA Staffing by Output (30 September 2006)	Full Time Equivalent	
Conservation, Heritage and Indigenous Partnerships	9.67	
Water Quality and Coastal Development	8.80	
Fisheries	4.73	
Tourism & Recreation	7.69	
Park Management 
•	Field Management
•	Planning & Impact Assess
	
18.00
20.87
38.87	
Science & Information for Management	30.21	
Communication & Education
Reef HQ (Public Aquarium)	15.86
26.36	
Sub-Total Direct Outputs	142.19	
Executive	7.00	
Community Engagement & Partnerships	10.80	
Ministerial Liaison & Legal Services	5.00	
Corporate Services	25.44	
Total All Staff	190.43	
The table includes Reef HQ casual staff and temp-agency personnel, but excludes staff on secondment, or long term leave.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  8
Sub Outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Topic:	Reef HQ Aquarium Visitor Levels
Hansard Page ECITA:	93

Senator McLucas asked:
How is Reef HQ travelling… You will provide us with a hand-up document that reflects that?

Answer/s:
Reef HQ Aquarium visitors and revenue report attached.

Reef HQ Aquarium Visitor Numbers and Revenue	
											
 	2002	 	2003	 	2004	 	2005	 	2006	 	
 	Total Visitors	Total Revenue	Total Visitors	Total Revenue	Total Visitors	Total Revenue	Total Visitors	Total Revenue	Total Visitors	Total Revenue	
Jan	9,428	121,212	9,158	161,780	10,037	165,105	9,489	170,563	10,753	196,713	
Feb	2,107	43,096	4,233	92,655	5,512	100,548	4,587	97,614	5,152	109,753	
Mar	0	2,170	5,853	115,962	6,226	122,145	7,450	147,281	6,250	135,632	
Apr	0	5,650	8,444	155,020	10,146	187,617	8,335	163,001	10,963	226,030	
May	0	3,104	6,182	123,324	6,597	129,512	6,989	146,878	7,689	170,476	
Jun	0	2,089	8,932	180,160	10,740	222,076	11,170	230,794	10,788	226,204	
Jul	384	9,813	13,740	273,555	14,272	274,075	12,719	275,909	14,355	306,812	
Aug	15,745	290,094	10,997	214,322	11,341	231,779	12,006	254,229	11,361	238,554	
Sep	11,920	210,998	10,644	200,053	11,513	218,275	10,238	203,824	12,237	248,951	
Oct	10,007	194,602	10,455	198,637	8,600	173,586	7,887	164,159		 	
Nov	8,235	148,100	7,571	148,093	7,182	138,422	6,889	145,675		 	
Dec	7,111	144,462	7,203	141,073	8,229	159,782	8,429	171,636		 	
 	64,937	1,175,390	103,412	2,004,634	110,395	2,122,922	106,188	2,171,563	89,548	1,859,125	

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  9
Sub Outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Topic:	GBRMPA staff working on Compliance
Hansard Page ECITA:	98

Senator Joyce asked:
How many of the 190 staff that you have are involved in that role (“policing, monitoring and checking”) or have that as part of their job description?

Answer/s:
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has 15 Staff in its Compliance Unit.  Their roles include analysis, planning, field operations, investigations and community liaison.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  10
Sub Outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Topic:	Handling issues brought up by fishermen
Hansard Page ECITA:	99

Senator Joyce asked:
Senator JOYCE—How are the issues that are brought up by commercial and recreational fishermen dealt with? Do you have the ability to meet any of their requests or to find a common ground?

Answer/s:
The Authority believes that Ms Chadwick answered the question at the hearing (ECITA 99, below) and in response to Question 9:
Ms Chadwick—Absolutely. If I could build on the minister’s comments, while I have said that I am more than happy, with the minister’s support, to provide you with a breakdown of staff and their responsibilities, it would be completely inappropriate and wrong to talk about the people who work in compliance and enforcement as the ones holding a big stick as opposed to the ones liaising because, of all the tens of thousands of people who use the reef year by year, there have only, in fact, been 200 people apprehended. Of those, 112 got an advisory letter. So the prospect of a great big stick and people being involved in enforcement as opposed to educating, liaising and talking with people is completely incorrect. So I would urge you to look at it in that context.

Outcome:	1. Environment			Question No:  11
Sub Outcome:	Protection, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef
Division/Agency:	Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Topic:	Staff involved in Indigenous issues 
Hansard Page ECITA:	100

Senator Joyce asked:
How many of the 190 staff are involved in dealing with Indigenous issues?

Answer/s:
As indicated at Budget Supplementary Estimates Hearings and in the Authority’s 2005-06 Annual report, the current programme of Indigenous engagement across the Authority is managed by five staff in the Indigenous Partnerships Liaison Unit (IPLU) who are part of the Conservation, Heritage and Indigenous Partnerships Group.  IPLU plays a major role in the coordination of the wide range of Indigenous engagement with all 70 of the various Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups living adjacent to the Marine Park. 

Within the GBRMPA, others are engaged in various Indigenous engagement activities from time to time as shown in Table 3 (pp 45-46) of the 2005-06 Annual Report. These include the Executive, the Community Partnerships Group; Program Delivery Group; Communications and Education Group; Science, Technology and Information Group; Tourism Group; Fisheries Group; and Day-to-day Management compliance staff.  Staffing details for the Authority are provided in the response to questions on notice asked by Senator McLucas (Ref. Question No. 7).