SafeWork SA

In reply to Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (17 July 2014). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform): I have been provided the following advice:

A breakdown of SafeWork SA's current 2014-15 full time equivalent (FTE) budget of 226.6 FTEs is as follows:

Work Health and Safety Inspectors 89 FTE

Industrial Relations Inspectors 4 FTE

Administration and Licensing staff 39 FTE

Technical specialists, Policy Officers and Managers 80.6 FTE

Executives 4 FTE

Corporate Allocation 10 FTE

The reduction of 44 FTEs since the 2013-2014 budget is mainly due to 34 staff accepting TVSPs, and a further 10 staff leaving due to the implementation of a new organisational structure to streamline business processes and deliver budget savings. The staff who left included 32 FTEs of industrial relations personnel due to the cessation of the federal industrial relations contract. Other staff who left were from the administrative, technical and policy streams.