Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

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

(1) (a)

(b)

(c) While no other savings measures were introduced for Finance for the 2012-13 Budget, in response to my announcement on 25 September 2012, Finance is further containing air travel as far as practical and identifying further savings in contractors and consultants, recruitment advertising and printing costs (by making greater use of online publications).

(2) Through targeting non-staff areas, natural attrition and through structural changes, without the need for a round of either compulsory or voluntary redundancies.

(3) 34.3%

(4) Total staff numbers are expected to reduce as follows:

Total Departmental contractor expenses are expected to decrease as follows:

Total Consultants are expected to reduce as follows:

(5) Finance is not planning a round of voluntary or involuntary redundancies.

(6) Actual full-time equivalent staff across classification bands as at

30 September 2012 (excluding casual staff):