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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-12-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <endPage num="2396" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Attorney-General's Department</name>
      <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000829">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Attorney-General's Department</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="89">
            <name>Attorney-General's Department</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000830">
          <inserted>89 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(25 October 2018).  Can the Attorney-General advise:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000831">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What sections of the Attorney-General's Department are the planned 300 FTE cuts coming from, what level are the officers who are being cut, and what role or function do they fulfil?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000832">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Whether the Attorney-General expects to fill all budgeted FTE positions?</inserted>
        </text>
        <page num="2383" />
        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000833">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;What is the actual FTE count currently?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000834">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;If these decisions are yet to be made, what is the process for deciding on the FTE cuts and when will that decision be made?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Treasurer</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="89">
            <name>Attorney-General's Department</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000835">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  The Attorney-General has provided the following advice:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000836">
          <inserted>The 300 FTE reduction would appear to reference Budget Paper 4, Volume 1 Page 14.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204eb5c9b4572674165b0000837">
          <inserted>As shown on this page, the majority of the FTE reduction from the 2017-18 estimated result to the 2018-19 budget relates to the transfer of SafeWork SA from the Attorney-General's Department to the Department of Treasury and Finance from 1 July 2018. </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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