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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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