After five weeks of consultations and despite a staff protest on the steps of Parliament House, the Art Gallery of NSW is proceeding with plans to axe 45 jobs to repair a $7.5 million budget black hole.

About six positions – believed to be mainly mid-level administrative roles – have been saved out of 51 positions originally targeted under a controversial restructure to repair its budget.

About 31.8 full-time non-executive positions will be cut from a workforce of 382, and a further 13 vacant positions will not be filled, representing a loss of 44.8 equivalent positions or an 11.7 per cent reduction in roles, and bringing the workforce to 337, the gallery said.

Public Service Association assistant general secretary Troy Wright said he was disappointed that the cuts were not abandoned

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