Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2) 51 2 Parliament of South Australia Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions published Estimates Replies Public Service Employees PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES In reply to Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite Leader of the Opposition PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES In reply to Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (25 June 2008). The Hon. K.O. FOLEY House of Assembly Port Adelaide Deputy Premier Minister for Industry and Trade Minister for Federal/State Relations PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Federal/State Relations): I am advised that on the basis of the 2007-08 estimated result for employee entitlements and the FTE cap for the general government sector, the average cost to the government per full time employee is approximately $76,000.