Annual Report 2006–07
Appendix 3—Staffing statistics
The Clerk of the Senate is appointed by the President of the Senate under subsection 58(1)
of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999. Staff of the department are engaged under
section 22 of the Act.
The figures in this appendix exclude staff on leave without pay
and those on temporary movements out of the department at 30 June 2007.
Also excluded are those non-ongoing staff employed on a
casual or sessional basis who did not work on 29 June 2007,
the last working day of the 2006–07 year.
Staff numbers, by classification and gender, 30 June 2007
| Classification |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| Clerk of the Senate |
1 |
– |
1 |
| Deputy Clerk of the Senate (SES
Band 2) |
– |
1 |
1 |
| Clerks Assistant and Usher of the
Black Rod (SES Band 1) |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Parliamentary Executive Level 2
(PE 2) |
12 |
10 |
22 |
| Parliamentary Executive Level 1
(PE 1) |
9 |
13 |
22 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 6
(APS 6) |
9 |
27 |
36 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 5
(APS 5) |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 4
(APS 4) |
10 |
19 |
29 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 3
(APS 3) |
10 |
17 |
27 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 1/2
(APS1/2) |
10 |
6 |
16 |
| Total |
66 |
96 |
162 |
SES = Senior Executive Service, PE = Parliamentary Executive,
APS = Australian Parliamentary Service
Staff numbers, by classification and employment category, 30 June 2007
| Classification |
Ongoing |
Non-ongoing |
Total |
| Clerk of the Senate |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 1 |
4 |
– |
4 |
| PE 2 |
22 |
– |
22 |
| PE 1 |
19 |
3 |
22 |
| APS 6 |
26 |
10 |
36 |
| APS 5 |
4 |
– |
4 |
| APS 4 |
24 |
5 |
29 |
| APS 3 |
23 |
4 |
27 |
| APS 1/2 |
13 |
3 |
16 |
| Total |
137 |
25 |
162 |
SES = Senior Executive Service, PE = Parliamentary Executive,
APS = Australian Parliamentary Service
Staff numbers, by classification and participation, 30 June
2007
| Classification |
Full-time |
Part-time |
Total |
| Clerk of the Senate |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 1 |
4 |
– |
4 |
| PE 2 |
22 |
– |
22 |
| PE 1 |
15 |
7 |
22 |
| APS 6 |
27 |
9 |
36 |
| APS 5 |
4 |
– |
4 |
| APS 4 |
24 |
5 |
29 |
| APS 3 |
26 |
1 |
27 |
| APS 1/2 |
12 |
4 |
19 |
| Total |
136 |
26 |
162 |
SES = Senior Executive Service, PE = Parliamentary Executive,
APS = Australian Parliamentary Service
Full-time equivalent staffing levels (staff years)
| Program |
2005–06 |
2006–07 |
| Clerk’s Office |
4 |
4 |
| Table Office |
16 |
17 |
| Procedure Office |
32 |
31 |
| Committee Office |
56 |
52 |
| Black Rod’s Office |
44 |
46 |
| Total |
152 |
150 |
Diversity data, 30 June 2007
| Equal employment opportunity (EEO) staff category |
2006–07 |
| Male |
66 |
| Female |
96 |
| EEO details not provided |
1 |
| English not first language spoken |
4 |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
– |
| With a disability |
– |
Classifications and salary scales, 30 June 2007
| Classification |
Salary scale |
| Clerk of the Senate |
$300,900 |
| SES Band 2 |
$171,830 |
| SES Band 1 |
$141,460 |
| PE 2 |
$101,964–$109,024 |
| PE 1 |
$81,966–$91,813 |
| APS 6 |
$67,821–$74,397 |
| APS 5 |
$60,210–$63,941 |
| APS 4 |
$53,859–$57,889 |
| APS 3 |
$48,054–$51,913 |
| APS 1/2 |
$37,616–$47,086 |
SES = Senior Executive Service, PE = Parliamentary Executive,
APS = Australian Parliamentary Service
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