Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, , 8:07:59 to 8:10:44
The department provides an update on the voluntary redundancy process, including costs and the number of applications received.
Topics: Public service staffing, Government spending
Speakers: Thea Connolly, Chris Gatenby, Hon Katy Gallagher
Redundancy payouts if I can. Can I just get an update on the department's voluntary redundancy process? I wasn't here for the last hearing, but I believe it came up. What was the total cost for the full financial year?
Senator Fi Economy acting chief operating officer. For voluntary redundancies. If there's a risk that individuals could be identified.
Whatever you can supply without it being identifying anyone, that would be appreciated. Or have there been any payments made this financial year?
I believe there's been one voluntary redundancy process this financial year. I'll check with Ms. Lilak. Yes, that's correct.
And do you know what the amount was for that?
So we'll take on notice how to answer that in a way that doesn't expose that individual.
Thank you. And just out of curiosity, how many applications did you receive from staff seeking a voluntary redundancy?
Senator, we'll have to check the exact number, but it wasn't much over the total number of voluntary redundancies that was provided. The department took the took the approach that generally we would support requests for voluntary redundancy in order to support the department's future financial sustainability as long as there was compliance with the relevant um rules in relation to voluntary redundancies. As it was, we were we were pretty close in terms of matching applications to provision of redundancies.
Okay, thank you. Well, other people on the committee asked about estimates variations at the last hearing.