Hon Peter Collier asks about the staffing and Aboriginal representation within the Aboriginal Outcomes Division of the Department of Communities. The Minister provides details on the division's establishment date, FTE numbers, and Aboriginal employee numbers at establishment and currently.

AnsweredQoN 261Legislative Council
Asked
24 March 2022
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Community Services

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ABORIGINAL OUTCOMES DIVISION
— STAFF
261. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Community
Services:
(1) When was the Aboriginal
outcomes unit established within the Department of Communities?
(2) What was the total FTE upon the
establishment of the AOU?
(3) What was the number of
Aboriginal people in total in the answer to (2)?
(4) What is the current total FTE
of the AOU?
(5) What is the number of
Aboriginal people currently employed in the AOU?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The
Aboriginal outcomes division was established in name on 1 July 2021, with the
finalisation of the structural change in the HR system completed on 30 August
2021.
(2) The total FTE was 31.8 FTE—that is, 32 employees—as
at August 2021.
(3) The total number of FTE
self-declared Aboriginal employees was 13 as at 30 August 2021.
(4) The total FTE of the AOU is
40.2—that is, 41 employees.
(5) There are 15 self-declared
Aboriginal employees, or 14.8 FTE.

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