DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY
INDUSTRIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT —VOLUNTARY SEVERANCE
1158. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Regional Development:
I refer to the minister's
press release dated 18 April this year, in which she announced an additional
$131.5 million of expenditure for the Department of Primary Industries and
Regional Development, claiming this funding would be used to build capacity and
stabilise employment within DPIRD.
(1) How many staff have been offered
redundancies at DPIRD over the past 12 months?
(2) How many staff have been offered
redundancies at DPIRD since 18 April 2019?
(3) How many staff have accepted the
redundancies offered in (1) or (2)?
(4) What is the total dollar value
of any redundancies offered?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the question.
(1) Forty-four voluntary severance
offers have been made in the past 12 months.
(2) Forty voluntary severance offers have been made since 18
April 2019.
(3) Thirty-eight offers of voluntary severance have
been accepted in the past 12 months; 34 offers of voluntary severance
have been accepted since 18 April 2019.
(4) The value of voluntary
severances accepted is $5 889 701.55.