❓ Dr. Steve Thomas questions the Treasurer regarding the calculation and assumptions behind the $2.8 billion global provision for public sector wages. The Treasurer declines to disclose the assumptions, citing concerns about stifling good faith bargaining.
AnsweredQoN 255Legislative Council
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PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES
POLICY
255. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Treasurer:
I refer to my question without
notice 195 asked on 19 March 2024 to the parliamentary secretary representing
the Minister for Industrial Relations on the government's wages policy.
(1) How was the global provision of
$2.8 billion for financial years 2023–24 to 2026–27 calculated?
(2) What critical financial
assumptions were inherent in arriving at this figure?
(3) What is the breakdown of the global figure into
financial years 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 and 2026–27?
(4) Is the $2.8 billion figure a fixed
amount or merely a fluid guess?
POLICY
255. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Treasurer:
I refer to my question without
notice 195 asked on 19 March 2024 to the parliamentary secretary representing
the Minister for Industrial Relations on the government's wages policy.
(1) How was the global provision of
$2.8 billion for financial years 2023–24 to 2026–27 calculated?
(2) What critical financial
assumptions were inherent in arriving at this figure?
(3) What is the breakdown of the global figure into
financial years 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 and 2026–27?
(4) Is the $2.8 billion figure a fixed
amount or merely a fluid guess?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(4) I table page 157
of the Government mid-year financial projections statement 2023–24 —
It is not appropriate to disclose the
assumptions used to arrive at the global provision, so as not to stifle the
government's good faith bargaining.
[See paper 3047 .]
of the Government mid-year financial projections statement 2023–24 —
It is not appropriate to disclose the
assumptions used to arrive at the global provision, so as not to stifle the
government's good faith bargaining.
[See paper 3047 .]
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