Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

The Department of Health and Ageing, which included Therapeutic Goods Administration, the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator and the National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme, employed a total of 132 SES staff on 1 July 2008. The figure includes 11 Executive Level staff acting in SES positions for a period of less than three months and seven inoperative staff; and

The Department of Health and Ageing, which included Therapeutic Goods Administration, the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, the National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme and the Health Reform Transition Office, employed a total of 150 SES staff on 1 July 2011. The figure includes nine Executive Level staff acting in SES positions for a period of less than three months and eight inoperative staff.

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