‘No plans to terminate anyone’: Attorney-General’s department
Despite being told to make significant budget savings this year the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice has “no plan to terminate anyone” a budget estimates hearing has revealed
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THE Department of the Attorney-General and Justice has “no plan to terminate anyone” despite being told to identify $1.58 million in budget efficiencies this year, a budget estimates hearing has revealed.
During questioning at Parliament House this morning, Justice Department chief executive Greg Shanahan said they had not planned to make any staff cuts this year despite being directed by Treasury to identify $1.58 million in efficiencies across the department, including corrections.
“There’s no specific targeted jobs or anything at this point but as we go through that whole process it might well be that some positions may no longer be required,” he said.
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“There will be no plan to terminate anyone, it will just be a matter of dealing with natural attrition.”
He said the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice would “potentially” follow some of the saving measures identified in the root and branch review, which was released by the government earlier this year, but nothing was in place yet.
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“The saving target is for this year obviously and there will be ongoing efficiencies that come out of that if we put that in place,” Mr Shannahan said.
“But there’s no guarantee at this point that it’ll be adopted.
“They are just things that we’re looking at.”
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Natasha Fyles also revealed this morning that Corrections recorded nine abscondments in the last financial year, including
three from work placements in Alice Springs.
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