Whispers in the Halls Of Canberra

[sniper_patrol]

Public servants in offices throughout the A.C.T. are whispering amongst themselves as to how savage the cuts to the public service will be.

Mr Abbott will do an " Audit " to justify his wielding of his axe.

If you think Campbell Newman is ruthless, you aint seen nothing yet.

I have a couple of ex work mates that are quite high up within the Public Service ( 1 in Department of Defence and 1 in the Department of Finance ) and they are hearing figures in the vicinity of 20,000 to be axed.:O

Don't be fooled when Mr Abbott insists these jobs will go by natural attrition. 😐

If you look at his speech last night he alludes to cutting 6000 out of the Health Department.;-)

No point asking for links as these figures are what I have been told by friends in Canberra and these folk are usually right. Not scaremongering either, these friends are a good barometer as to what will happen just before Christmas.

God help us all if this man becomes Prime Minister. He will be Treacherous here in Australia, and an Embarrassment overseas.;-)

[nero_bolt]

Yoda your precious Labor party is slashing and burning the public service in Canberra... 

Finance Minister Penny Wong said on Sunday that this week's budget would strip another $580 million from the public service over the next four years.

The middle-management ranks of the service - the executive-level officers - have expanded far more quickly than any other group of staff.

The spending cuts will focus on executive-level 1 and 2 staff and the senior executive service, as well as reducing the physical size of government offices.

Ms Wong said the government would also save money by changing the way it bought goods and services and by streamlining functions across departments.

Public Service Commission data published last week confirmed that 2012-13 had been one of the federal bureaucracy's toughest years in a decade.

The Australian Public Service shed 2608 staff in the six months between June and December last year – the first time in almost 10 years it had shrunk.

Last year's federal budget suggested the government would shed a total of about 4200 full-time-equivalent civilian staff in 2012-13.

However, the middle-management ranks of the service – the EL officers – have expanded far more quickly than any other group of staff.

Over the 10 years to June 2012, the number of EL1 staff grew at triple the rate of the overall bureaucracy.

There are now almost 30,000 EL1s in the service and almost 14,000 EL2s. Their median base salary is about $103,640 and $129,460 respectively

Ms Wong said the government would also reduce the density target for its workplaces from 16 to 14 square metres per employee.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/budget-to-target-senior-public-servants-2013...

$30m for casuals as Department of Human Services cuts 2400 jobs

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/30m-for-casuals-as-department-of-human-servi...

Union warns PS cuts will put services at risk (Labor cuts Yoda) 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-13/cpsu-warns-cuts-will-hurt-services/4685080/?site=canberra

[buzzlightyearsgirlfriend]

The skywhale was paid for by the ACT govt. not the Feds.

Therefore skywhale relevance = 0

[catsnknots]

20,000 more people employed in the federal government than when Howard was in I think the numbers were... 

sorry... but as taxpayers we should not be paying for one more member of staff that what we need... 

I think they should hand over total control for health and Education to the states and give them all the money......stop the double handling...... 

6000 health workers in Canberra and none of them work for a hospital..... they are just paper shufflers... 

[cherry*135]

What happened top the machine where you took a number and waited for it to be called like in the RTA.

LOL - the RTA (Transport - Roads & Maritime Services - NSW Govt) is being revamped.

The newly revamped ones will now be called Service NSW (Roads, Maritime, Fair Trading and BDM to start with) and they will have....concierges!

The first NSW Service centre will be in the town I live in, opening in July.

[cherry*135]

The control of hospitals should be Federal Govt, the States mismanage them.

[sniper_patrol]

Cats_back.............. remember this line when you are handed a redundany notice 😉

sorry... but as taxpayers we should not be paying for one more member of staff that what we need...

I agree am3 health and education should be fully operated by the Federal government. Not only do states mismanage them they divert money away from them to pay for other less vital things.

[catsnknots]

all good.. I have my backup plan... 😉

[cueperkins]

all good.. I have my backup plan... 😉

Me too, I'm selling my house and going on the road this year..sick of being a bill payer.....baaaaahhhhhhh

The next place I build with OH will be OFF THE GRID...no more bills, no more BOHICA=Bend Over, Here It Comes Again

BTW...time for a musical intermission = it's back to the future........

1972 - Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy  - Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs...yeehah = better days...I want them back...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtJq56cp_dk

[lightningdance]

Please!!! don't print proof of the slashing & burning Labor has been involved in the last 18 months, they don't want to hear it, they only want to cry about what MIGHT happen when Abbott gets in.

Here's a hint: it won't be anything like as bad as it is now luvvies.

Oh & while I'm still on here. Since when did luvvies become a reportable offence????? & not the vilest of names Conservatives get called like right wing neo liberal white supreicists????? & eugeniticists.

The BP'ers  MDA's is all I can think of for such childish behaviour.