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297 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (23 August 2011) (First Session). With respect to 2011-12 Budget Paper 4—Volume 2, p196—

1. How many employees in this portfolio are paid in excess of $100,000 p.a.?

2. How many employees are paid more than $120,000 p.a. and what are their titles and positions?

The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport): With respect to the Science and Information Economy Portfolio:

1. There is one employee paid between $100,000 and $120,000 per annum.

2. There are two employees paid more than $120,000 p.a. Their titles and positions are:

Director, Digital Economy and Technology; and

Director, Quality, Tertiary Education, Science and Research.

It should be noted that the recent restructuring within the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, the functions of Science and Information Technology have been split across two Directorates and hence the number of employees paid more than $120,000 increasing from one employee to two employees. There has not been an increase in Executive numbers across the Department; it is only the work of the Portfolio spread across two individual Directors.