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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Consultancy Services

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

20-03-2007

Source

Senate

Parl No.

41

Electorate

Western Australia

Interjector

 

Page

151

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

601

Questioner

Evans, Sen Chris

Responder

Abetz, Sen Eric

Speaker

 

Stage

Consultancy Services

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2007-03-20/0159


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Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Page: 151


Senator Chris Evans asked the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, upon notice, on 4 May 2005:

With reference to the department and/or its agencies:

(1)   For each financial year from 2000-01 to 2004-05 to date:

(a)   how many, and what was the cost of consultants engaged by the department and/or its agencies to conduct surveys of community attitudes to departmental programs; and

(b)   for each consultancy:

(i)   what was the cost, and

(ii)   who was the consultant, and

(iii)   was this consultant selected by tender; if so, was the tender select or open; if not, why not.

(2)   Were any of the surveys released publicly; if so, in each case, when was the material released; if not, in each case, what was the basis for not releasing the material publicly.


Senator Abetz (Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) —The Minister for the Environment and Water Resources has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(1) (a)   For the financial years from 2000-01 to 2004-05 there were 26 consultancies with a total cost of $1,795,583.45.

(b)   for each consultancy : (i) - (iii) see following tables.

2000 - 2001

Program

Name of consultant

Cost

Selection process

Natural Heritage Trust

Wirthlin Worldwide

$48,723

Select tender

GBRMPA

AEC

$5,798.10

Select tender

 

2001 - 2002

Program

Name of consultant

Cost

Selection process

Natural Heritage Trust

Wirthlin Worldwide

$149,684

Select tender

Threatened Species

Wirthlin Worldwide

$9,900

Select tender

GBRMPA

The Marketing Professionals

$6,990

Open tender

 

2002 - 2003

Program

Name of consultant

Cost

Selection process

Natural Heritage Trust

Open Mind Research Group

$65,450

Select tender

EPBC Act

Millward Brown Australia

$40,000

Select tender

Waste Oil

Millward Brown Australia

$66,342.40

Select tender

National Pollutant Inventory

Consumer Contact

$32,000

Select tender

GBRMPA

AEC

$12,336.50

Open tender

GBRMPA

Futureye

$5,940

Open tender

GBRMPA

The Marketing Professionals

$6,670

Open tender

 

2003 - 2004

Program

Name of consultant

Cost

Selection process

Natural Resource Management

Open Mind

$209,869.75

Select tender

Plastic Bags

Newspoll

$4,686

Select tender

Heritage

Colmar Brunton

$45,461

Select tender

Waste oil

Millward Brown

$95,265.50

Select tender

GBRMPA

AEC Group

$25,322.50

Open tender

Greenhouse

Andrews Marketing Group

$37,500

Open tender

 

2004 - 2005

Program

Name of consultant

Cost

Selection process

Branding

Open Mind

$102,312.53

Select tender

Community Water Grants

Open Mind

$446,740

Single select

Defeating the Weeds Menace

Colmar Brunton

$79,636

Select tender

Heritage

Colmar Brunton

$105,528.28

Select tender

Waste Oil

Milward Brown

$73,969.50

Select tender

GBRMPA

Futureye

$91,438.39

Open tender

GBRMPA

AEC Group

$13,530

Open tender

Greenhouse

Andrews Marketing Group

$14,490

Open tender