Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012:

Can a full list be provided of all savings that have resulted from the efficiency dividend following the 2010 11 Budget.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The efficiency dividend is applied to the total departmental budget and not allocated to specific functions. Each year the department undertakes robust business planning processes through which resources are matched to workload and priorities. It is not possible to assign specific savings to the efficiency dividend.