❓ Shadow Minister Saffioti questions the Minister for Transport about $39 million in cuts to the Public Transport Authority announced in the state budget, seeking assurances regarding service reductions and staff layoffs. The Minister provides a non-committal response, ruling out automatic staff sackings and frontline service cuts, but defers specific details.
AnsweredQoN 299Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
STATE BUDGET 2016–17 — PUBLIC
TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
299. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the cuts to the Public
Transport Authority announced in this year's state budget.
(1) When will the
minister announce the specific details of the new $39 million worth of cuts
listed in the budget?
(2) Can the minister rule out cuts
to public transport services?
(3) Can the minister rule out the
sacking of PTA operational staff?
TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
299. Ms R. SAFFIOTI to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the cuts to the Public
Transport Authority announced in this year's state budget.
(1) When will the
minister announce the specific details of the new $39 million worth of cuts
listed in the budget?
(2) Can the minister rule out cuts
to public transport services?
(3) Can the minister rule out the
sacking of PTA operational staff?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(3) I
am not aware of any government departments sacking any staff in any
adjustments, so I rule out automatically that we will be sacking any staff. As
I have said before, we will not be undertaking any frontline services'
cuts. We are continuing to work through initiatives. We have delivered up a lot
already through to Treasury and we have been able to continue to work through
further; we will announce them when we are ready, when we have finished the
work and at the appropriate times. We will continue to work with Treasury on
all of those initiatives. We are very close to finalising one right now, but
when it is the appropriate time, we will announce them.
am not aware of any government departments sacking any staff in any
adjustments, so I rule out automatically that we will be sacking any staff. As
I have said before, we will not be undertaking any frontline services'
cuts. We are continuing to work through initiatives. We have delivered up a lot
already through to Treasury and we have been able to continue to work through
further; we will announce them when we are ready, when we have finished the
work and at the appropriate times. We will continue to work with Treasury on
all of those initiatives. We are very close to finalising one right now, but
when it is the appropriate time, we will announce them.
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