Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

Using the standardised average staffing costs as set out in Defence's resource costing manual, the costs for the Human Resources area staffing, defined as the People Strategies and Policy Group (refer to Senate Question on Notice 792) are as follows:

     (i) Below Executive Level 1: $38.54m

     (ii) At Executive Level 1 and 2: $25.04

     (iii) At Senior Executive Service Band 1: $1.1m

     (iv) At Senior Executive Service Band 2: $0.79m

     (v) At Senior Executive Service Band 3: $0.39m

The average cost figures include salary, allowances, superannuation, indirect overheads and fixed overheads.