According to its latest annual report, the NGV employs 482 staff, with a full time equivalent (FTE) headcount of 339.21. Currently, AGNSW employs 382 staff (full-time equivalent unknown) – with around 310 of these positions being ongoing permanent AGNSW employees, and the remainder (approximately 72 staff) filling temporary or fixed-term positions. AGNSW staff protest: swing to volunteer labour another key concernAnother key concern raised by AGNSW protesters on Tuesday was that the Gallery’s move towards engaging increased numbers of volunteers at the expense of paid employees. PSA General Secretary Troy Wright said the figures indicate a ‘creeping reliance of volunteerism’, adding that, ‘it’s not about community engagement — it’s about cost-cutting by stealth’. Wright also made it clear that AGNSW workers and the union were not against change, rather they were standing ‘against cuts that gut the Gallery while protecting privilege’.