Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, , 8:03:01 to 8:08:02
The Department of Social Services discusses the $630 million funding package to deliver fairer pay for health, disability, and community services workers.
Topics: Social services, Workplace relations, Government spending
Speakers: Chris Gatenby, Ellie Whiteaker, Kath Paton, Unknown Speaker, Michael Lye
I welcome officials from the Department of Social Services. Thank you for joining us this afternoon, this evening. I I'm not sure when the clock goes from afternoon to evening, but welcome nonetheless. I welcome Senator the Honourable Katie Gallagher, Minister for Women, Government Services, Finance and the Public Service representing the Minister for Social Services. Minister, do you wish? I welcome the Secretary, the Department of Social Services, Mr. Michael Ly. Do you wish to make an opening statement? We will commence with a whole of portfolio and corporate matters, and I will give the call to Senator Gainby.
Thank you, Chair. On the 13th of October, the government announced $630 million to deliver fairer pay to cover over 460,000 health disability and community services workers. Following the Fair Work Commission's findings. Yeah. Okay.
We might be able to get it to you, Senator.
Thank you, Mr. Lye. Can we get the funding profile for that if we're getting that as well? Thank you. I note that there are 128,000 organisations over 92 government programs that would receive funding. What are the social services programs covered by the announcement?
There are 38, Senator. Would you like me to read each of them out to you or provide it to you on notice?
The list of yeah, with that list of organizations who receive extra funding and under which program. Is there a mix of different types of organizations? In a single area or state.
There's a mix of organizations.
And the total amount of the funding over the term of the contract.
So if I understood your question correctly, so you want the program? The profile of that financial profile of that program and then each organization with the financial program.
Yes, or what?
I think it's that isn't it?
It's around 170 million over four years for the DSS program. Sorry, Senator, I thought you meant how much funding we got to administer it.
How many of you got that as well? That would be useful. Very good. Redundancy payouts if I can.