House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-04-30 Daily Xml

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Targeted Voluntary Separation Packages

659 The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (27 February 2019). How many targeted voluntary separation packages have been accepted across the public sector since the 21 August 2018?

1. What is the total estimate cost of targeted voluntary separation packages accepted since the 21 August 2018?

2. 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?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

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.

Table 1

Agency TVSPs accepted $ value
Arts SA 2 $240,378.11
Attorney-General's Department 34 $3,561,757.00
Department for Child Protection 2 $288,526.83
Department for Energy and Mining 6 $655,073.94
Department for Environment and Water 64 $6,684,163.76
Department for Industry and Skills 26 $2,413,338.10
Department of Human Services 15 $1,258,987.07
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure 46 $5,017,291.53
Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA 37 $3,958,413.43
Department of the Premier and Cabinet 3 $353,087.57
Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment 1 $205,441.11
Department of Treasury and Finance 44 $4,749,265.60
Environment Protection Authority 2 $108,984.09
SA Health—Central Adelaide Local Health Network 2 $248,670.66
SA Health—Department for Health and Wellbeing 2 $329,491.31
SA Health—Women's and Children's Health Network 1 $136,990.37
South Australian Housing Authority 2 $178,604.67
Department for Education 10 $772,947.94
Total 299 $31,161,413.09


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.