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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 186 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 June 2021 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PUBLIC SECTOR — STAFF — PERMANENCY

186. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Public Sector Management:

I refer to the composition of the Western Australian public sector.

(1) How many public sector staff have been converted to permanency by year since 2017 under the government's policy to convert existing contract and casual staff to permanent roles since its implementation?

(2) What is the average annual salary by level and dollar amount, including on costs for staff converted to permanency?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The Public Sector Commission advises —

(1) Public sector agencies have reported the conversion of 15 214 fixed-term and casual staff by headcount to permanency since 2018.

I seek leave to have the following three lines of data incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

Year

Headcount

2018–19

2,691

2019–20

10,482

2020–21*

2,041

* Year to date.

 

(2) The Public Sector Commission does not collect this information.