“Nearly one in five workers in Australia is a government employee, with wage rises — far outpacing those in the private sector — and hiring sprees driving public sector spending to a record 27.3 per cent of GDP in the June quarter.
Australia had 2,517,900 public sector employees in June, with 365,400 of those in the federal government, 1,939,100 in state government and 213,500 in local councils, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The total public sector wage bill in Australia grew 8 per cent last financial year to $232.1 billion, including $37.3 billion for federal government employees who earned an average annual salary of more than $100,000.
The 8 per cent rise in wages was the fastest pace in 15 years, sparking warnings from economists that government spending was contributing to inflation and keeping interest rates higher for longer.”
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““The fastest-growing employment sector was healthcare and social assistance, which increased the number of filled jobs by 11.4 per cent to 2.6 million in the year through to September, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
An ageing population has increased demand for aged care and healthcare, while the rapid expansion of the $49 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme has also increased the number of jobs in social assistance.
Many of these jobs are subsidised by taxpayers.
Public administration and safety jobs grew 10.5 per cent to 891,000 positions over the 12 months.
Administrative and support services roles expanded by 7.6 per cent through the year.”
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The ABS need to change the way our employment figures are released each month.
Instead of reporting total employment with no details about where jobs are being created (this comes out much later as a quarterly report), net employment should be reported whereby jobs created in the public sector should be deducted from jobs created in the private sector.
This would present a much more accurate picture about our productivity. When public jobs created exceed private jobs created a negative figure would indicate that our job growth is being driven by an inefficient government.
Australia can’t afford to be spending more money on NDIS and Aged care if we aren’t creating jobs in the private sector to pay for it.
A good start in making the Federal government more efficient would be to abolish the departments that are already managed by the State Government such as Education, Water, Environment and Energy to name a few. The Multicultural and Climate Change Departments should also go.
PeopleFirst is committed to slashing the wasteful expenditure occurring in the Federal government.
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