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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1158 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 October 2019 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

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.