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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-04-30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages</name>
      <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000967">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-02-27" qonNum="659">
            <name>Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000968">
          <inserted>659 <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee)</by> (27 February 2019).  How many targeted voluntary separation packages have been accepted across the public sector since the 21 August 2018?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000969">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What is the total estimate cost of targeted voluntary separation packages accepted since the 21 August 2018?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000970">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What is the department or agency, position title, and total employment cost of each position in which a targeted voluntary separation package offer was accepted?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-02-27" qonNum="659">
            <name>Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000971">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000972">
          <item>
            <inserted>Information on TVSPs is collected by Shared Services SA in the process of providing payroll services to agencies. Table 1 shows the number of employees who accepted the offer of a TVSP and separated for the period 22 August 2018 to 6 March 2019 and the cost of these TVSP payments.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <page num="5537" />
        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000973">
          <item>
            <inserted>Table 1</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="2019043010db6f00181c484fa0000974">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Agency</cell>
                <cell>TVSPs accepted</cell>
                <cell>$ value</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>Arts SA</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>$240,378.11</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Attorney-General's Department</cell>
                <cell>34</cell>
                <cell>$3,561,757.00</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department for Child Protection</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>$288,526.83</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department for Energy and Mining</cell>
                <cell>6</cell>
                <cell>$655,073.94</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department for Environment and Water</cell>
                <cell>64</cell>
                <cell>$6,684,163.76</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department for Industry and Skills</cell>
                <cell>26</cell>
                <cell>$2,413,338.10</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department of Human Services</cell>
                <cell>15</cell>
                <cell>$1,258,987.07</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure</cell>
                <cell>46</cell>
                <cell>$5,017,291.53</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA</cell>
                <cell>37</cell>
                <cell>$3,958,413.43</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department of the Premier and Cabinet</cell>
                <cell>3</cell>
                <cell>$353,087.57</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment</cell>
                <cell>1</cell>
                <cell>$205,441.11</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department of Treasury and Finance</cell>
                <cell>44</cell>
                <cell>$4,749,265.60</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Environment Protection Authority</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>$108,984.09</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>SA Health—Central Adelaide Local Health Network</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>$248,670.66</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>SA Health—Department for Health and Wellbeing</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>$329,491.31</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>SA Health—Women's and Children's Health Network</cell>
                <cell>1</cell>
                <cell>$136,990.37</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>South Australian Housing Authority</cell>
                <cell>2</cell>
                <cell>$178,604.67</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Department for Education</cell>
                <cell>10</cell>
                <cell>$772,947.94</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Total</cell>
                <cell>299</cell>
                <cell>$31,161,413.09</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
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          <inserted>Shared Services SA have advised that the information it receives for TVSP purposes includes payroll identification and related information but not position title nor total employment cost of each position and therefore this information is not readily available.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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