The Victorian Government has released an update to progress being made to the state’s public service reforms under its Sustainable Government Initiative (SGI).

 

Under the SGI, the state expects to reduce the public service workforce by 3.600, while achieving improvements to operations through the Better Services Implementation Taskforce.

 

In the SGI update, the Government announced:

  • VPS numbers have already been reduced by 910 through attrition and non-renewal of fixed term contracts since December;
  • Applications have been made to the Australian Taxation Office for 2,600 VDPs across government departments and agencies;
  • Departmental secretaries would be informing their staff about departments' allocation of the 3,600 SGI headcount reductions.

 

"The Sustainable Government Initiative will be achieved over two years in administrative and back office roles through natural attrition, a freeze on recruitment, the lapsing of fixed term contracts and a Voluntary Departure Packages (VDP),” Premier Ted Baillieu said.

 

The agencies and departments affected by the cuts are:

Portfolio

FTE reduction target

DBI

100

DEECD

400

DH

200

DHS

500

DOJ

480

DPCD

140

DPC

50

DPI

200

DSE

400

DOT

175

DTF

170

VicPol

350

VicRoads

450

TOTAL

3,615