Traditionally used to supplement projects where specific skillsets are required, or to meet
peaks in demand, contingent workers could help alleviate some of the pressure caused by
increased workloads.
In a fact sheet prepared on the 2001 - 2002 Federal Budget, (133) the Attorney - General's Department stated that it had become apparent that
workloads were much higher than the estimated
workloads on which funding had been based in 1997 - 98, and were expected to
increase as the number of active native title applications
peaks in 2002 - 03 and declines thereafter.