PUBLIC SECTOR — WAGES
372. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Public Sector Management:
(1) What has been
the total Western Australian public sector wage bill, inclusive of part-time
and full-time employees, for each of the financial years 2016–17, 2017–18,
2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 to date?
(2) What has been
the total cost of external consultants engaged by the McGowan government for
the financial years 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21
to date?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Public sector
wages—salaries and superannuation—are tabled annually in the
Legislative Council in the Annual report on state finances and budget
paper No 3.
(2) This
information is recorded and held by each agency and, as such, the question
should be put on notice to the relevant ministers.