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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Question No 47
Government Service - Salary Expenditure
MR KAINE - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 8 April 1992:
(1) What is the pro rata salary bill expenditure gross across the ACT Public Service to 31 March 1992.
(2) Is this expenditure greater or less than projections in the 1991-92 budget.
(3) If less, are those projections on target, in terms of the reduction of the ACT Public Service by 520, as indicated in the Governments Budget Paper No. 5.
(4) If so, how much of the reduction is due to the 250 redundancies that the Chief Minister mentioned specifically in her budget speech last year.
MS FOLLETT - The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) Salary expenditure across the ACT Public Service from 1 July 1991 to 31 March 1992 was $410.1m. The ACT Public Service is defined for this propose as being Consolidated Fund programs and budget-dependent trust accounts and statutory authorities.
(2) The total salary expenditure for the year, using the same definition as above and including approved wage and salary increases, is expected to be $539.0m. The end of March expenditure represented 76% of the total estimate, or $3.8m more than the prow However, once a number of timing considerations are taken into account, including the.expectation that staff reductions would impact in the latter part of the financial year, the salary expenditure to the end of March was broadly in line with expectations.
(3) As I stated in my address when handing down the 1991-92 Budget, my Government recognised the need for a reduction in administrative support expenditure and therefore specifically targeted that area so as not to impact on the delivery of services to the public. As a result, 1991-92 salaries budgets were reduced by $6m ($Tom in a full year). Salaries savings were also included as part of overall savings within the Health budget from the Hospitals redevelopment program.
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