The work of the “better money managers”

The Australian public service cohabits with copious consultants because of three hiring freezes imposed by Coalition governments over the past 10 years.

The Abbott government froze all hirings in 2013 for 18 months, resulting in the loss of about 11,000 jobs; the Turnbull government did it again in 2016, but more targeted – it only applied to a few departments, and 5000 jobs went; the Morrison government imposed another freeze in 2020 in response to COVID-19 that went for six months and resulted in the loss of about 3000 positions.

Source: Alan Kohler: The delusions and madness of crowds of consultants