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Originally Posted by rat156
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
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Stuart
I have worked in the health field all my working life, and in recent years I have seen more and more UNNECESSARY intrusion by government into the everyday workings of private practice-I am glad I am retiring completely at the end of June, because I am sick and tired of paperwork.
For instance in NSW, we have a state government voucher scheme for needy people to obtain dental treatment. The government already has my Dental Board registration, and hence my ADA membership and professional indemnity insurance, which are necessary for registration in the first place.
The health dept then asks for copies of all these documents, a copy of my drivers licence and even my passport, for god's sake!-to allow me to treat these patients, and this is to be done every year!
Try and tell me this isn't a complete waste of time and energy!-just some tin-pot bureaucrat doing some empire-building.
As for your comment about Queensland Health, how many bureaucrats lost their jobs compared to front-line workers?
As for shock jocks, I'm afraid I never listen to the radio and would not know what they are saying, nor do I care-I just go on my own observations.
In my original post, I mentioned a Financial Review article from 1985, stating some 41% of our tax-paying workforce work in government and para-goverment jobs, compared to some 21% in the U.S. Why the big disparity?
Cheers
Laurie
