Public service cuts are not the answer to the long-term challenges facing Australia - we need skilled public servants who are properly resourced and valued.
As a result of growing community concern about the impact of ongoing cuts to public services, the Government has announced a Parliamentary inquiry to examine the impact of the so called 'efficiency dividend' on smaller departments and agencies.
CPSU has been a vocal opponent of arbitrary funding cutbacks and will be making a strong submission to the inquiry but we need your help. Please follow this link to complete our short survey. It will only take a few minutes to complete and responses will close Friday 27 June 2008.
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I wonder how many SES officers will lose their jobs during this round of staff cutbacks? I get the impression that in many agencies the number of staff reporting to one SES officer is less than 15. In some cases it is less than 10.
Posted by:DPRL - 11 May 2008, 6:09pm
If the Public Service is going to be under so much pressure to reduce staffing levels etc. Why is there continually advertising of graduates and recruitment of new employees. I may be wrong but is this government trying to get rid of long serving members at the expense of new graduates who have no experience. It seems quite hipicritical to be telling staff in Centrelink we have to lose 2000 staff after July 08 and at the same time advertising a Graduate recruitment process in the Commonwealth Gazette. Mind you this is not just Centrelink. Veterans Affairs is doing a similar exercise and the list goes on. Please explain why there should be any forced redundancies other than targeting certain individuals who may not be part of the right network or perceived to be a problem, liability etc.
Posted by:Mary - 22 Apr 2008, 5:16pm
Most of the PS growth has been in the top ranks and yet they don't make decisions without first consulting expensive consultants. Expensive Consultancies are a way for management to avoid making decisions, shift responsibility and accountabilty to others (outsource it) and maintain a high salary-base while doing it.
Posted by:JB - 18 Apr 2008, 1:48am
KP has been in the public service too long. He doesn't know what he is talking about.
Posted by:Mark - 29 Mar 2008, 1:11pm
Whilst a consultancy firm from Bermuda (a tax haven) enjoys the spoils of a $700 million dollar contract in the ATO, it is hard to take serious, a cut to full time Public servants.
If the razor gang are fair dinkum they should first look at the consultancy gravy train. Public Service agencies should use public servants not profit based consultancies based in Tax havens.
Lets start a campaign to bring reclaim the public service.
Downloadable docs
Efficiency Dividend Inquiry CPSU submission to the Inquiry into the effects of the ongoing efficiency dividend on smaller public sector agencies - July 2008 Download the PDF
I wonder how many SES officers will lose their jobs during this round of staff cutbacks? I get the impression that in many agencies the number of staff reporting to one SES officer is less than 15. In some cases it is less than 10.
If the Public Service is going to be under so much pressure to reduce staffing levels etc. Why is there continually advertising of graduates and recruitment of new employees. I may be wrong but is this government trying to get rid of long serving members at the expense of new graduates who have no experience. It seems quite hipicritical to be telling staff in Centrelink we have to lose 2000 staff after July 08 and at the same time advertising a Graduate recruitment process in the Commonwealth Gazette. Mind you this is not just Centrelink. Veterans Affairs is doing a similar exercise and the list goes on. Please explain why there should be any forced redundancies other than targeting certain individuals who may not be part of the right network or perceived to be a problem, liability etc.
Most of the PS growth has been in the top ranks and yet they don't make decisions without first consulting expensive consultants. Expensive Consultancies are a way for management to avoid making decisions, shift responsibility and accountabilty to others (outsource it) and maintain a high salary-base while doing it.
KP has been in the public service too long. He doesn't know what he is talking about.
Whilst a consultancy firm from Bermuda (a tax haven) enjoys the spoils of a $700 million dollar contract in the ATO, it is hard to take serious, a cut to full time Public servants.
If the razor gang are fair dinkum they should first look at the consultancy gravy train. Public Service agencies should use public servants not profit based consultancies based in Tax havens.
Lets start a campaign to bring reclaim the public service.