35696 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Energy

Written Question

Published date: 01 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	35696 (2025)
Question asked:	20 Jul 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister for Energy
Minister replying:	Hon Simon Watts
Answer received:	28 Jul 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_35696_2025
Document guid:	1d390255-4ff2-4a49-a16c-0c2c576e7f08

35696 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Energy: How many vacancies, if any, were advertised by the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, from January to June 2022, and how many total applicants, if any, were received for those vacancies?

Hon Simon Watts: "As Minister of Energy, I have no responsibility for any government departments or Ministries. In respect of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I refer the Member to the Minister for Economic Growth’s answer to written parliamentary question 35478 (2025). With regard to Crown entities under the energy portfolio, I am advised from EECA that 29 EECA vacancies were advertised. EECA received a total of 380 applicants. For the EA I refer the Member to my response for Written Parliamentary Question 35595 (2025)."