❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks detailed staffing information for the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure. The answer provides some data but requests clarification on part of the question and refers to the annual report for other details.
AnsweredQoN 750Legislative Council
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I refer to the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure, and I ask: (a) how many full time equivalent (FTE) staff work for the Department as part of the Minister's Transport portfolio? Understanding that there may be some crossover, please provide by number with purely Transport focus as well as the number of others who fall at least partially within the portfolio, by FTE; (b) how many staff work for the Department in total; (c) how many FTE staff were hired in: (i) 2024-25; (ii) 2023-24; (iii) 2022-23; and (iv) 2021-22; (d) how many FTE staff resigned, per year, in each of the years asked for in (c); (e) for each of the years in (c) as of 30 June, how many FTE staff had been working at the Department for less than 2 years; and (f) for each of the years in (c) as of 30 June, how many FTE staff had been working at the Department for more than 10 years?
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Answered
2 December 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport
Response time
9 days
(a)-(b) I refer the Member to to the Department of Transport’s 2024-25 Annual Report.
(c) The number of FTEs at DTMI has grown due to a number of factors, including increased demand for Driver and Vehicle Services (met by extending business hours and reopening the Joondalup Driver Assessment Centre); as well as the transfer of functions including Infringement Management Operations and Towing Industry Reform to DTMI:
(i) 480.23
(ii) 405.93
(iii) 311.99
(iv) 296.30
(d) The below FTE totals are restricted to S06 Resignations; terminations for other reasons are not counted:
(i) 91.94
(ii) 125.97
(iii) 91.22
(iv) 110.69
(e)-(f) I ask the Member to clarify his question, as (c) relates to hiring.
(c) The number of FTEs at DTMI has grown due to a number of factors, including increased demand for Driver and Vehicle Services (met by extending business hours and reopening the Joondalup Driver Assessment Centre); as well as the transfer of functions including Infringement Management Operations and Towing Industry Reform to DTMI:
(i) 480.23
(ii) 405.93
(iii) 311.99
(iv) 296.30
(d) The below FTE totals are restricted to S06 Resignations; terminations for other reasons are not counted:
(i) 91.94
(ii) 125.97
(iii) 91.22
(iv) 110.69
(e)-(f) I ask the Member to clarify his question, as (c) relates to hiring.
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