Redundancy Savings and Future Program Outcomes

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, 27 Oct 2026, 3:23:33 to 3:24:27

Analysis of projected financial savings from the redundancy program and transition to future outcome discussions.

Topics: Public service staffing, Government spending

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Speakers: Hon Jonathon Duniam, Stephanie Foster, Unknown Speaker

Transcript

Hon Jonathon Duniam

I only have one more set of questions for the corporate section. Just back on the voluntary redundancies. So there was a cost of those voluntary redundancies of 70.5 million. What is the projected saving? One block, thank you. Per annum of the United States.

Stephanie Foster

So Senator, I think in the first year the projected saving is 90 million and then that accumulates over time.

Hon Jonathon Duniam

Okay. Is that 90 net or inclusive? So no. 20 in the first year. Yeah. Okay. Maybe I'll notice if I can have perhaps the projection over the Ford estimates of that saving.

Stephanie Foster

Certainly. And as as you know, the reason for undertaking the program was to ensure that we could meet our staffing costs within our allocated budget.