House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-09-22 Daily Xml

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PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:32): My question is for the minister responsible for public sector management. How many of the 1,200 public sector jobs to be cut under the government's 2009 targeted voluntary separation package scheme have been achieved to date? In December 2008, the government announced that 1,200 public sector jobs would be cut. The Department of Treasury and Finance website states, 'Separations must occur between 1 July 2009 and 30 September 2009.'

The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy) (15:32): On behalf of the Treasurer, who is of course responsible for that and who is not with us today, I will take that question away and get the best possible information I can for the learned Deputy Leader of the Opposition.