Senator Chris Evans: The Minister for Deence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011, the following temporary civilian positions, both full time and part time, were created (averaged over the period): Defence 84 (inclusive of DMO and DSTO) Defence Materiel Organisation 581 Defence Science and Technology Organisation 0 1 Over the same period DMO inactivated 58 temporary positions, so there is no change to the overall number of temporary positions in the DMO.