❓ Opposition Leader Mark McGowan questions Premier Colin Barnett on how redundancies in the public sector, specifically targeting police, teachers, or nurses, result in savings if positions aren't eliminated. The Premier's response focuses on replacing senior police officers with younger, lower-paid officers through voluntary redundancies.
AnsweredQoN 261Legislative Assembly
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PUBLIC SECTOR — REDUNDANCIES
261. Mr M. McGOWAN to the
Premier:
I have a supplementary question. If
the Premier is targeting police officers, teachers or nurses and he is not
actually getting rid of the position, how is he making a saving?
261. Mr M. McGOWAN to the
Premier:
I have a supplementary question. If
the Premier is targeting police officers, teachers or nurses and he is not
actually getting rid of the position, how is he making a saving?
AnswerView source ↗
Let us take police as one of the examples. There may be a
sworn police officer in, say, a senior position. That person may be offered,
for example, a voluntary redundancy, and they may accept it and go. They may be
replaced with a younger officer—a new person coming in. That is going
to be a saving or two.
Mr M. McGowan : Not
very much; and thatXXX ###XXXs it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT :
It was a silly question.
sworn police officer in, say, a senior position. That person may be offered,
for example, a voluntary redundancy, and they may accept it and go. They may be
replaced with a younger officer—a new person coming in. That is going
to be a saving or two.
Mr M. McGowan : Not
very much; and thatXXX ###XXXs it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT :
It was a silly question.
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