SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS

In reply to Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (8 November 2011) (First Session).

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts): I have been advised the following:

Staff within the Premier's Office, like all employees, receive their superannuation in accordance with the superannuation scheme of which they are a member.

Members can elect to make personal contributions and if they do so, where authorised by the terms of the scheme of which they are a member, they can qualify for a higher rate than the standard 9 per cent employer contribution.

As a result four members of the Premier's staff were entitled to an employer contribution of between 10 and 14.75 per cent.