David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 5 March 2012:

For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011, how many temporary civilian positions, both full time and part time, were created in the department, in the Defence Materiel Organisation and in the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Deence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011, the following temporary civilian positions, both full time and part time, were created (averaged over the period):

1 Over the same period DMO inactivated 58 temporary positions, so there is no change to the overall number of temporary positions in the DMO.