House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2022-11-29 Daily Xml

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Government Savings Targets

In reply to Mr COWDREY (Colton) (17 June 2022). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer): The following information is provided on behalf of all ministers:

Agency savings in 2022-23 and across the forward estimates are presented within the 2022-23 Budget Measures Statement. No additional savings task has been allocated to health, education, police, child protection, TAFE SA, courts and emergency services.

Agency chief executives will have flexibility to deliver savings in a manner that best suits the needs of the business. The government has made it clear that savings do not need to include FTE reductions and that a range of options can be pursued including reducing expenditure on consultants, contractors, marketing, communications, accommodation, travel, and other goods and services. A notional estimate of the number of FTEs that may be reduced as a result of savings measures is shown within table 2.11 of the 2022-23 budget statement.