This proposal would direct Commonwealth agencies to reduce the expenditure on labour hire engaged by the Australian Public Service (APS) and reduce agency departmental budgets, in aggregate, by $500 million in 2022-23 increasing to $1 billion in 2025-26. The Department of Finance would administer the implementation of this proposal, including determining the impact on resourcing for individual APS agencies.

This policy would have effect from 1 July 2022.