Senate debates Questions on Notice
Asylum Seekers (Question No. 897)
Eric Abetz Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 1 August 2011:
Has the department contracted for the provision of Employment Assistance Programs for:
(a) staff on Christmas Island; and
(b) staff at other immigration detention facilities
if so:
(a) who is eligible to access these programs at these facilities;
(b) what have been the contractual amounts paid and the corresponding contract periods for these programs at each detention facility since 1 January 2008;
(c) how many people have accessed these programs at each facility in each of these contract periods above or in each 6 month period since 1 January 2008; and
(d) has the department received statistical reports identifying critical issues affecting staff, if so, in each instance and for each facility:
(i) what issues have been identified;
(ii) what numbers or percentage of staff have been affected; and
(iii) what action has been taken to address these issues.
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