Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism, in writing, on 25 August 2011:

How many staff were employed by the Ministers department in the Senior Executive Service (ie, SES) on 1 July (a) 2008, and (b) 2011.

Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Resources and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

The number of Senior Executive Service staff (excluding the Secretary) employed by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism on (a) 1 July 2008 and (b) 1 July 2011 was:

(a) 22

(b) 25