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(3) If actual or estimated ACT-based Commonwealth public servant numbers are not part of the analysis conducted in preparing the ACT Budget, what other information has been used to inform budget analysis of the effect of actual or forecast changes in ACT-based Commonwealth public service numbers.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The table below shows the total number of ACT Government employees paid through ACT Shared Services.
Table 1: ACT Government employees, Headcount by Month & Year (a)
Headcount |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
January |
15,284 |
15,430 |
16,432 |
17,354 |
17,674 |
18,838 |
19,142 |
20,061 |
20,725 |
21,139 |
February |
15,931 |
16,508 |
17,477 |
18,185 |
18,561 |
19,992 |
20,270 |
20,912 |
21,514 |
21,589 |
March |
16,744 |
17,291 |
18,275 |
19,145 |
19,383 |
20,305 |
20,806 |
21,379 |
21,795 |
22,563 |
April |
16,864 |
17,173 |
18,212 |
18,911 |
19,523 |
20,244 |
20,830 |
21,721 |
21,879 |
22,376 |
May |
16,982 |
17,470 |
18,586 |
19,029 |
19,593 |
20,792 |
20,924 |
21,503 |
21,815 |
22,158 |
June |
16,957 |
17,565 |
18,679 |
19,139 |
19,709 |
20,397 |
21,053 |
21,565 |
21,870 |
22,194 |
July |
16,438 |
17,288 |
18,350 |
18,598 |
19,455 |
20,196 |
20,377 |
20,748 |
21,081 |
21,657 |
August |
16,770 |
17,625 |
18,718 |
19,029 |
19,730 |
20,381 |
21,193 |
21,523 |
21,863 |
22,115 |
September |
16,911 |
17,859 |
19,033 |
19,186 |
19,880 |
20,469 |
21,214 |
21,694 |
21,920 |
22,289 |
October |
16,783 |
18,332 |
18,799 |
18,910 |
19,228 |
19,889 |
20,602 |
21,042 |
21,619 |
21,921 |
November |
17,140 |
18,021 |
19,169 |
19,282 |
20,063 |
20,535 |
21,281 |
22,152 |
21,972 |
22,564 |
December |
17,018 |
18,070 |
18,955 |
19,660 |
19,962 |
20,555 |
21,208 |
21,440 |
21,564 |
22,737 |
(a) Excludes any entity that is not paid through ACT Shared Services, such as the Cultural Facilities Corporation; Calvary Public Hospital; Legal Aid Office, ACT; Legislative Assembly Member’s staff. Also excludes the ACT Executive (Ministers and their advisors) and Board Members.
(2) The number of ACT-based Commonwealth public servants is one of a suite of indicators used to quality assure forecasts of economic activity (as measured by State Final Demand) and economic growth (as measured by Gross State Product) included in ACT budgets. Future policy settings of the Commonwealth Government, including those around the Australian Public Service (APS), have been noted as a risk to the ACT’s economic outlook in the past few ACT budgets.
The table below shows the total number of APS jobs from 30 June 2007 to 30 June 2016. The 2016-17 ACT Budget provided an estimate of the total number of APS job losses in the Territory from June 2012 to 2019-20.
Table 2: Australian Public Service jobs – ACT and Australia, June 2007 to June 2016
ACT |
Total - Australia | |||||
Ongoing |
Non-ongoing |
Total |
Ongoing |
Non-ongoing |
Total | |
30 Jun 2007 |
50,959 |
5,110 |
56,069 |
143,534 |
11,553 |
155,087 |
31 Dec 2007 |
52,369 |
5,034 |
57,403 |
146,809 |
11,989 |
158,798 |
30 Jun 2008 |
53,496 |
4,628 |
58,124 |
147,364 |
11,929 |
159,293 |
31 Dec 2008 |
53,844 |
4,317 |
58,161 |
147,467 |
10,904 |
158,371 |
30 Jun 2009 |
55,447 |
4,345 |
59,792 |
149,818 |
11,452 |
161,270 |
31 Dec 2009 |
55,729 |
4,258 |
59,987 |
149,650 |
11,432 |
161,082 |
30 Jun 2010 |
57,115 |
4,835 |
61,950 |
150,428 |
13,356 |
163,784 |
31 Dec 2010 |
57,413 |
4,398 |
61,811 |
150,817 |
12,006 |
162,823 |
30 Jun 2011 |
58,971 |
4,815 |
63,786 |
152,720 |
12,749 |
165,469 |
31 Dec 2011 |
60,135 |
4,675 |
64,810 |
153,194 |
13,388 |
166,582 |
30 Jun 2012 |
61,968 |
4,417 |
66,385 |
153,466 |
13,864 |
167,330 |
31 Dec 2012 |
61,432 |
3,703 |
65,135 |
151,334 |
13,120 |
164,454 |
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