3. will continue to We continued support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traineeships, with provide opportunities to Aboriginal and employment of trainees during the financial year. Torres Strait Islander people to retain We enhanced our commitment to cadetships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait the tradition for caring for agricultural Islander people. DAFWA previously recruited cadets in the veterinary, agriculture and pastoral land science and natural resource disciplines, but this has now been extended to include business management, communications and economics to increase the potential application pool. Department’s annual estimates All special purpose accounts held by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia are detailed in the department’s budget statements and financial statements. The of grants and contributions from both federal government and non-government sources for the next financial year (2012–13) is estimated at $44 million. For details of sources of special purpose funding, see Note 45, page 104 of the financial statements. Government policy requirements Occupational safety, health and injury management Target 2011/12 Performance 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Government target Achieved result (Yes/No) Number of fatalities 0 0 0 0 Yes 0 Lost time injury/disease (LTI/D) 0 or 10% improvement on the 1.98 1.51 0.82 Yes 1.26 incidence rate previous 3 years 0 or 10% improvement on the Lost time injury severity rate 6.9 14.3 10 No 6.6 previous 3 years Percentage of injured workers Greater than or equal to 80% 91 83 94 Yes 88 returned to work within 26 return to work within 26 weeks Percentage of injured workers 91 76 94 Actual percentage Yes 82 returned to work within 13 weeks
3. will continue to provide opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to retain the tradition for caring for agricultural and pastoral land We continued support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traineeships, with employment of trainees during the financial year. We enhanced our commitment to cadetships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. DAFWA previously recruited cadets in the veterinary, agriculture science and natural resource disciplines, but this has now been extended to include business management, communications and economics to increase the potential application pool. Department’s annual estimates All special purpose accounts held by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia are detailed in the department’s budget statements and financial statements. The of grants and contributions from both federal government and non-government sources for the next financial year (2012–13) is estimated at $44 million. For details of sources of special purpose funding, see Note 45, page 104 of the financial statements. Government policy requirements Occupational safety, health and injury management Performance 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Government target Target Achieved (Yes/No) 2011/12 result Number of fatalities 0 0 0 0 Yes 0 Lost time injury/disease (LTI/D) incidence rate 1.98 1.51 0.82 0 or 10% improvement on the previous 3 years Yes 1.26 Lost time injury severity rate 6.9 14.3 10 0 or 10% improvement on the previous 3 years No 6.6 Percentage of injured workers returned to work within 26 91 83 94 Greater than or equal to 80% return to work within 26 weeks Yes 88 Percentage of injured workers returned to work within 13 weeks 91 76 94 Actual percentage Yes 82
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