Families SA Staffing

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:16): A supplementary. Can the minister confirm that if Families SA staff are increasing, the education section of DECD will face cuts of more than 307 FTEs as advised by Mr Harrison to the Budget and Finance Committee?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (15:16): The Department for Education and Child Development is required to make savings the same as other departments are making, but what we won't be doing is slashing something like 25,000 public servants which was the policy of your party just a very short time ago.