FURTHER EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

47 Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (10 July 2007). Why will employee benefits and costs increase in 2007-08, when the Workforce Summary indicates a reduction of 80 Departmental employees?

The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton—Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Youth, Minister for Gambling): The increase reflects the effect of higher costs arising from enterprise bargaining increases that were only partly offset by a decrease in employee benefits and costs from a reduction of employees within DFEEST in 2007-08.