PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES POLICY

255. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Treasurer: 

I refer to my question without notice 195 asked on 19 March 2024 to the parliamentary  secretary representing the Minister for Industrial Relations on the government's wages policy. 

(1) How was the global provision of $2.8 billion for financial years 2023–24 to 2026–27  calculated? 

(2) What critical financial assumptions were inherent in arriving at this figure? 

(3) What is the breakdown of the global figure into financial years 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26  and 2026–27? 

(4) Is the $2.8 billion figure a fixed amount or merely a fluid guess? 

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied: 

(1)–(4) I table page 157 of the Government mid-year financial projections statement 2023–24  — 

It is not appropriate to disclose the assumptions used to arrive at the global provision,  so as not to stifle the government's good faith bargaining. 

[See paper 3047.]