Question on Notice regarding the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander full-time equivalent (FTE) employees within the Minister's portfolio, including applications and approvals for the Voluntary Targeted Separation Scheme (VTSS). The answer refers to publicly available data.

AnsweredQoN 2253Legislative Assembly
Asked
19 October 2017
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations

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(1) With respect to full time equivalents (FTEs) within the Minister’s portfolio departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations as at 1 July 2017: (a) how many FTEs identify as having an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background and what is this as a percentage of the overall agency workforce; (b) how many FTEs who identify as having an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background have applied for the Voluntary Targeted Separation Scheme 2017 (VTSS); and (c) how many FTEs who identify as having an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background have been approved for the VTSS? (2) With respect to FTEs within the Minister’s portfolio departments, agencies, boards or publicly owned corporations as at 1 July 2016 how many identified as having an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background?

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Answered
21 November 2017
Response time
7 days
(1) (a)  Please refer to the Public Sector Commission’s State of the Sector statistical bulletin 2017.
(b)        As at July 1, zero.
(c)        As at July 1, zero.
(2)        Please refer to the Public Sector Commission’s State of the Sector statistical bulletin 2016.

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