❓ Dr. Honey questions the Premier about significant staffing increases in Government Policy Management and Digital Economy services. The Premier's response disputes the accuracy of the comparison made by Dr. Honey and provides a breakdown of FTE changes within the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
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Budget records show that the Government Policy Management - Whole-of-Government service is increasing staffing by 53 FTEs, from 139 FTEs in 2022-23 to a budgeted 192 FTEs in 2024-25, and the Digital Economy service is increasing staffing by 46 FTEs, from 86 FTEs to 132 FTEs over the two years, and I ask: (a) Would the Premier provide a list of all new positions for those two services showing their roles and classification levels, and if not, why not?
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Answered
6 August 2024
Response time
2 days
(a) The Member is comparing ‘Actual’ FTE stated in the 2022-23 State Budget to ‘Budgeted’ FTE stated in the 2024-25 State Budget, which is not an equal or accurate comparison.
The change in ‘Budgeted’ FTE positions from the 2022-23 State Budget to the 2024-25 State Budget for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s Services 3 and 5 is outlined below:
· 20 FTE – Office of Digital Government
· 13 FTE – Intergovernmental Relations
· 7 FTE – Office of State Security and Emergency Management
· 4 FTE – Collie Delivery Unit
· 4 FTE – Cabinet Services
· 4 FTE – General Counsel
· 2 FTE – Corporate Overhead 1
1 Corporate overhead FTE allocation includes Information Technology, Financial Services, People Services, Organisational Development, People and Payroll Services, Governance and Strategy and the Office of the Director General.
The change in ‘Budgeted’ FTE positions from the 2022-23 State Budget to the 2024-25 State Budget for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s Services 3 and 5 is outlined below:
· 20 FTE – Office of Digital Government
· 13 FTE – Intergovernmental Relations
· 7 FTE – Office of State Security and Emergency Management
· 4 FTE – Collie Delivery Unit
· 4 FTE – Cabinet Services
· 4 FTE – General Counsel
· 2 FTE – Corporate Overhead 1
1 Corporate overhead FTE allocation includes Information Technology, Financial Services, People Services, Organisational Development, People and Payroll Services, Governance and Strategy and the Office of the Director General.
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