Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Given apparently there are no cuts, in an email to staff on 10 July—just 11 days after Minister Plibersek visited the AAD, as the minister said, to talk up their work—the AAD director said, 'It is my expectation that we won't be able to afford all current positions—and I recognise that this will be hard.' Then, on 28 July, she again told staff, 'We will need to carefully consider our current staffing levels.' Given the director's statements, how can the minister and her department possibly claim there will be no job losses?