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MEDIA RELEASE

SENATOR THE HON. ERIC ABETZLeader of the Government in the Senate

Minister for Employment

Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service

Liberal Senator for Tasmania

31 October 2013

Interim Arrangements for APS Recruitment

The Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service, Senator the Hon. Eric

Abetz, announced today interim new recruiting arrangements within the Australian

Public Service to help meet the Governmentselection commitment to reduce the public

service by 12,000 employees through natural attrition.

The new arrangements will maximise the use of capability already within the APS by

increasing efforts to provide every employment opportunity possible to existing staff.

External advertising of APS vacancies and non-ongoing (temporary) employment willbe limited to critical vacancies only, most particularly in specialist roles, where a

suitable employee cannot be found within the APS.

The APS will also continue to support targeted recruitment programmes for Graduate

and Indigenous employees.

The Government will ensure that these arrangements will not compromise the ability of

the APS to continue to support the Government and the Australian public to the highest

standard.

In announcing the decision, Minister Abetz said today: We went to the Australianpeople promising to improve the former Labor Governments parlous budgetary

position and this necessitates a reduction in the size of the public service.We are

asking our public service to look carefully at every position that becomes vacant and ask

whether that position is really necessary; or whether there is a better way to do

business.

The Australian Public Service Commission will take the steps necessary to implement

the new arrangements.

Media enquiries: David Allender (03) 6224 3707 or 0457 590 881 www.abetz.com.au

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