This appendix contains summary information on the department’s staff.
Location and classification of staff
The figures in the following tables include the sessional staff and parliamentary assistants employed by the department and working as at 30 June. Those staff members are employed 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 tables.
Staff by location, at 30 June 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
|
Location
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
|
Executive
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
6a
|
|
Executive support/project staff
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
|
Table Office
|
14b
|
13
|
14
|
12
|
|
Chamber Research Office
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
|
International and Parliamentary Relations Officec
|
–
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
|
International and Community Relations Officed
|
10
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Committee Office
|
65
|
60
|
58
|
65
|
|
Serjeant-at-Arms’ Office
|
22e
|
23e
|
22f
|
22g
|
|
Finance Office
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
|
Parliamentary and Business Information Services Office
|
11b
|
14b
|
12b
|
11
|
|
People Strategies Office
|
6
|
6
|
8b
|
10b
|
|
Total
|
154
|
151
|
147
|
153
|
a. Includes the Clerk Assistant (Procedure), a position that was established in January 2017.
b. Includes one sessional staff member.
c. Established in July 2014.
d. Disbanded in August 2014.
e. Includes 12 sessional staff.
f. Includes 11 sessional staff.
g. Includes 10 sessional staff.
Staff by classification level and gender, at 30 June 2016 and 2017
| |
30 June 2016
|
30 June 2017
|
|
Classification level
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
Senior Executive Service
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
|
Executive Band 2
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
9
|
14
|
23
|
|
Executive Band 1
|
21
|
19
|
40
|
26
|
18
|
44
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 6
|
10
|
16
|
26
|
8
|
17
|
25
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 5
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
7
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 4
|
7
|
25
|
32
|
5
|
24
|
29
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 3
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
8
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 2
|
10
|
4
|
14
|
5
|
6
|
11
|
|
Total
|
60
|
87
|
147
|
61
|
92
|
153
|
Ongoing and non-ongoing staff, by classification level, at 30 June 2016 and 2017
| |
30 June 2016
|
30 June 2017
|
|
Classification level
|
Ongoing
|
Non-ongoing
|
Total
|
Ongoing
|
Non-ongoing
|
Total
|
|
Senior Executive Service
|
5
|
–
|
5
|
6
|
–
|
6
|
|
Executive Band 2
|
17
|
–
|
17
|
22
|
1
|
23
|
|
Executive Band 1
|
39
|
1
|
40
|
41
|
3
|
44
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 6
|
26
|
–
|
26
|
24
|
1
|
25
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 5
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
7
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 4
|
30
|
2
|
32
|
21
|
8
|
29
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 3
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
8
|
|
Parliamentary Service Level 2
|
1
|
13
|
14
|
1
|
10
|
11
|
|
Total
|
129
|
18
|
147
|
127
|
26
|
153
|
Ongoing and non-ongoing staff, by employment status and gender, at 30 June 2016 and 2017
| |
30 June 2016
|
30 June 2017
|
|
Employment status
|
Female
|
Male
|
Total
|
Female
|
Male
|
Total
|
|
Ongoing full-time
|
77
|
50
|
127
|
69
|
54
|
123
|
|
Ongoing part-time
|
2
|
–
|
2
|
4
|
–
|
4
|
|
Non-ongoing full-time
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
10
|
2
|
12
|
|
Non-ongoing part-time
|
6
|
9
|
15
|
9
|
5
|
14
|
|
Total
|
87
|
60
|
147
|
92
|
61
|
153
|
Ongoing and non-ongoing Indigenous staff, at 30 June 2016 and 2017
|
Employment status
|
30 June 2016
|
30 June 2017
|
|
Ongoing
|
–
|
–
|
|
Non-ongoing
|
1
|
4
|
Staff by classification and equal employment opportunity group, at 30 June 2017
| |
Executivea
|
Parliamentary Service Levels 4–6
|
Parliamentary Service Levels 1–3
|
Total
|
|
Female
|
34
|
47
|
11
|
92
|
|
Male
|
39
|
14
|
8
|
61
|
|
Subtotal
|
73
|
61
|
19
|
153
|
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
|
1
|
3
|
–
|
4
|
|
Non-English-speaking background
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
12
|
|
People with disability
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
a. The Executive classification group consists of all Senior Executives, and Executive Band 1 and 2 staff.
Separations
The reasons for staff separating from the department, with comparative figures for 2014–15 and 2015–16, are detailed below.
Separations, 2014–15 to 2016–17
|
Reason for separation
|
2014–15
|
2015–16
|
2016–17
|
|
Transfer/promotion to another Commonwealth agency
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
|
Resignation
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
Retirement
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
|
Cessation of non-ongoing employment
|
17
|
11
|
4
|
|
Voluntary retrenchment
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
|
28
|
30
|
22
|
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