This proposal would provide the Department of Human Services with additional funding for 1,200 Australian Public Service (APS) Level 4 staff on a full-time, ongoing basis. The additional staff would be employed over four years, as follows, and maintained over the medium term to 2029-30:

• 250 extra on 1 July 2019
• 350 extra on 1 July 2020
• 300 extra on 1 July 2021
• 300 extra on 1 July 2022.