Ms. Maria Barrados at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

I do.

We have seen a significant reduction in that. With the Federal Accountability Act, the priority right that political-exempt staff had was removed, and now the political staffers have to compete for the jobs as do any other public servants. They have the advantage of being in internal processes. We used to have on average about 50, and we're now down to about 17 who've come into the public service, so this has been an improvement.