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Monday, 27 March 2006
Page: 207


Senator O’Brien asked the Minister representing the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, upon notice, on 19 January 2006:

(1)   Can the Minister confirm that staff numbers in the Department will grow by 11.8 per cent in the 2005-06 financial year.

(2)   Can the Minister identify the projected actual and percentage employment growth in each division of the Department.


Senator Ian Campbell (Minister for the Environment and Heritage) —The Minister for Transport and Regional Services has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(1)   The Department is now projected to grow by 14 per cent in the 2005-06 financial year in response to additional resources being allocated to the Department in the Additional Estimates process

(2)   The projected actual and percentage employment growth (FTE) for each division of the Department is provided in Attachment A.

Attachment A

Projected actual and percentage employment growth (FTE) by division.

Actual Growth (FTE)

% growth

Executive

-0.7

-9.1%

Corporate Services

7.6

4.9%

Regional Services

-1.8

-0.8%

Territories and Local Government

9.1

11.4%

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

5.9

5.6%

Office of Transport Security

103.3

43.9%

Aviation and Airports

2.1

1.9%

AusLink

2.4

2.9%

Maritime and Land Transport

22.4

22.3%

Portfolio Strategic Projects and Policy

4.7

10.2%