Labor to squeeze public service, sparking warnings of job losses
Katy Gallagher and Jim Chalmers have put the squeeze on the federal public service to avoid a budget…
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Veterans Affairs Confirms 29,000 Jobs Will Be Eliminated By September 30
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radio says that of the 300 jobs being cut for reasons unknown at ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation) 29 are (part of?) a team dedicated to injury _prevention_ and sexual violence reduction. Exactly the kind of short-sighted penny-pinching which has destroyed Boeing.
"To repeat the obvious: these [public service] job cuts are ideological in nature. They are occurring (a) in order to reduce the role of government, (b) to open up monetising opportunities for the private sector, and (c) to abolish outreach programmes formerly targeted at Māori communities, which is the real aim behind the jargon about getting back to “core” (i.e.white) functions."
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"The NZ Herald is keeping a running tally of the public sector job losses and where the cuts are occurring. So is RNZ."
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Links to these are in the article. This is an example of the time-consuming public interest work journalists do, regardless of the structural biases of their employer.
UK Chancellor #Hunt presents austerity budget as Labour pledges “iron discipline” over spending - World Socialist Web Site
Sir Keir Starmer’s response to the budget, in which he complained that the Tories had “maxed out the nation’s credit card”, confirmed that the election of a Labour government would bring no respite from the economic and social war waged against the working class.
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