Victorian Government to axe 1000 public servant jobs including 300 executive positions
The Victorian Government plans to eliminate 1000 public service positions, including over 300 executive roles, and consolidate multiple agencies, delivering $4 billion in savings after an independent public sector review.
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes stopped short of fully endorsing the Helen Silver-led public sector review released on Thursday, which called for cuts to 2068 positions.
The government backed Ms Silver’s call to trim 332 executive jobs, yielding $359m over four years, plus a 15 per cent cap on VPS5 and VPS6 roles for $125m savings, without instant staff reductions.
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The largest gains target streamlining agencies, boards, and committees: Ms Silver urged axing or merging 78 entities and 90 per cent of 90 advisory groups, but the government only committed partly to the measure, choosing to instead merge 29.
Legislation enabling these shifts heads to parliament today.
Ms Symes and Premier Jacinta Allan are due to face a morning press conference to detail the reforms.
More to come...
