Public service bosses have been told to hand in proposals to slash staff numbers by as much as 10 per cent, as the Andrews government gears up for a horror budget that it insists is needed to keep the state’s finances on track.
, with the state’s net debt topping $100 billion for the first time at the end of 2022.
At the time, the Coalition government insisted the cuts would not affect front-line staff such as police, teachers and child protection workers – a message that was ridiculed by Labor in opposition. The new departmental proposals are expected to be summarised in a single document before being sent to the Andrews government’s budget razor gang – the expenditure review committee – for consideration before the budget.The Community and Public Sector Union’s Victorian secretary Karen Batt said the government was being secretive and disingenuous for suggesting front-line services would not be affected.
Last week, Premier Daniel Andrews warned the state budget would involve “very difficult” decisions to stop Victoria’s “extraordinary” debt levels from hampering the “next big wave of reform”.Assistant Treasurer Danny Pearson said no decisions had been made, but if the public service could be managed more efficiently it was a good thing.
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