24526 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Vocational Education

24526 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Vocational Education: How much, if anything, is being budgeted in the 2025/26 financial year for redundancy payments, severance or other termination packages in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, and how much has been budgeted and spent in the past five financial years?

Hon Penny Simmonds: The Tertiary Education Commission does not budget for redundancy payments, severance or other termination packages. I refer the member to the following table, which shows spending on redundancy payments, severance or other termination packages in the past five financial years.