LNP were the greatest bunch of liars we have experienced as a government employed to serve the Nation. They should never be allowed back. A Public Service on Contract is a Service always under a precarious employment future and readily manipulated to serve the government rather than the people.

A total of 54,000 full-time equivalent workers were consultants, contractors and labour hire staff, while 144,300 public servants were actually employed in the APS. Labor says the blowout in external contractors was because the Coalition was pretending to cap APS numbers to look like it was clamping down on public employment expenditure. Minister for the Public Service Katy Gallagher said the results of the audit painted a true picture of the APS workforce under the former government.

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