6 November 2015 – staff numbers

Staffing levels at the Department of Human Services have not decreased in 2014-15.

The department’s workforce increased by 117 – from 34,773 on 1 July 2014 to 34,890 on 30 June 2015.

The total number includes 31,094 ongoing and 3796 non-ongoing, as at 30 June 2015.