Appendix 2: Staffing statistics


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This appendix contains summary information on the department’s staff in 2014–15.

In this section:

Location and classification of staff

The figures in the following table include the sessional staff and parliamentary assistants employed by the department and working on 30 June. These staff are employed in order to accommodate variations in working patterns during the sittings of the House and are generally not employed when the House is not sitting. Figures corresponding to other non-ongoing staff are also included in the table.

Staff by location, as at 30 June 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015

Location 2012 2013 2014 2015
Executive 5 5 5 5
Executive support/project staff 6 5 6 7
Table Office 14 a 14 a 14 a 13
Chamber Research Office 9 9 9 10
International and Parliamentary Relations Office b - - - 7
International and Community Relations Office c 12 13 10 -
Committee Office 65 64 65 60
Serjeant-at-Arms’ Office 32 d 30 e 22 f 23 f
Finance Office 5 6 6 6
Parliamentary and Business Information Services g 14 a 15 a 11 a 14 a
People Strategies Office 12 11 6 6
Totals 174 172 154 151

a   Includes one sessional staff member.
b   Established in July 2014.
c   Disbanded in August 2014.
d   Includes 21 sessional staff.
e   Includes 20 sessional staff.
f   Includes 12 sessional staff
g  Formerly known as the Knowledge Management and Publishing Office.

Non-ongoing staff (excluding sessional staff), by location, as at 30 June 2014

Location Number
Executive –
Executive support/project staff –
Table Office –
Chamber Research Office –
International and Parliamentary Relations Office 1
Committee Office 4
Serjeant-At-Arms’ Office 2
Finance Office 2
Parliamentary and Business Information Services 4
People Strategies Office –
Total 13

Staff by classification, as at 30 June 2014 and 2015

  2014 2015
Senior Executive Service 5 5
Executive Band 2 19 21
Executive Band 1 40 38
Parliamentary Service Level 6 26 25
Parliamentary Service Level 5 7 6
Parliamentary Service Level 4 28 27
Parliamentary Service Level 3 11 9
Parliamentary Service Level 2 18 20
Total 154 151

Staff by classification and equal employment opportunity group, as at 30 June 2015

  Executive a Parliamentary Service Levels 4 – 6 Parliamentary Service Levels 1 – 3 Total
Female 36 42 16 94 
Male 28 16 13 57
Subtotal 64 58 29 151
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Non-English-speaking background 2 (3.1%) 3 (5.2%) 1 (3.4%) 6 (4.0%)
People with disability 1 (1.6%) 1 (1.7%) 1 (3.4%) 3 (2.0%)

a The Executive classification group consists of Senior Executive Service Band 1 and 2 and Executive Band 1 and 2 staff.

Separations

The reasons for staff separating from the department, with comparative figures for 2012–13 and 2013–14, are detailed below.

Separations,  2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15

Location 2013-13 2013-14 2014-15
Transfer/promotion to another Commonwealth agency 5 9 3
Resignation 6 3 5
Retirement 2 3 2
Cessation of non-ongoing employment 16 24 17
Voluntary retrenchment – 2 1
Totals 29 41 28

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