Question Without Notice No. 957 asked in the Legislative Council on 6 December 2017 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
PUBLIC SECTOR — EMPLOYMENT
957. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Treasurer:
What has been the total general government cost of public service employment inclusive of wages, all superannuation costs and all additional employee costs in each financial year from 2001–02, or from the nearest available financial year, to the end of the 2016–17 financial year?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The answer to this question without notice is provided in tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
Table 1 below shows salaries, concurrent superannuation costs, and other employee costs such as travel and regional housing expenses), as disclosed in the Appendix of the Annual Report on State Finances.
Table 1
�GENERAL EMPLOYEE EXPENSES
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| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
| Salaries | 8,284 | 8,829 | 9,605 | 10,154 | 10,682 | 11,089 | 11,383 | 11,610 |
| Concurrent costs | 793 | 841 | 913 | 965 | 1,030 | 1,107 | 1,167 | 1,166 |
| other employee costs | 323 | 367 | 419 | 446 | 432 | 430 | 370 | 358 |
| Total employee expenses | 9,400 | 10,037 | 10,937 | 11,565 | 12,144 | 12,626 | 12,920 | 13,134 |
| | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Salaries | 4,209 | 4,486 | 4,787 | 5,253 | 5,694 | 6,182 | 6,906 | 7,764 |
| Concurrent costs | 375 | 436 | 458 | 519 | 557 | 602 | 666 | 746 |
| Other employee costs | 195 | 190 | 191 | 219 | 225 | 232 | 276 | 326 |
| Total employee expenses | 4,779 | 5,112 | 5,437 | 5,991 | 6,476 | 7,017 | 7,848 | 8,836 |
�Note: Columns may not add due to rounding.