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Originally Posted by Larryp
The people you mention, David, come under essential services, and they don't just "administer" They would be there under any form of government.
I am talking about the huge bureaucracies that administer everything. For instance, we have federal and state education depts., and federal and state health depts. We should eliminate all the duplication and we would save a lot of money, which could then be allocated to those you have mentioned.
Governments love to create bureaucracies, and unfortunately we have three tiers of government doing this.  |
Laurie,
These so called "huge bureaucracies" that you mention, how big are they? How much of the total Health and Education budgets do they consume? I'm afraid that you've been misinformed somewhere along the way. If Health and Education are anything like Defence, and they are worse off, of that I know, then there is very little in their budgets for unnecessary duplication.
Perhaps you fail to realise that there are both State and Federal implications for Health and Education, which are better served by having a Federal dept which looks after Federal Education issues, and a State one that looks after State issues. The only alternative is to have an only Federal approach, which would necessitate the expansion of the Federal Ed Dept enormously, it may even have to set up an office in each State.
Undoubtedly there is waste in the public service, I see it every day, but there's waste in the private sector as well, I saw that when I worked there, I believe that the larger the business the more perceived waste there is, but as a percentage of turnover it becomes smaller. The Governments (all put together) are easily the largest business in the country, so waste may seem to be huge, but in relation to the overall scheme it's tiny.
This is just Government bashing, like the Shock Jocks and their ilk want you to do. Do some research before sinking the boot into the Government (Federal or State, either party), know something more than platitudes and headlines before slashing the public service and putting many hard working people in the dole queue. KNOW what it means to all sectors of society before casting your vote on September 14.
If you're in doubt ask any of the members here that work or worked in Health in QLD to see what casting the wrong vote will do to both Health and Education, not to mention the NDIS, NBN etc.
Cheers
Stuart