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Our goal for the Public Service
The public service makes up around 99% of the total government (public) sector. The elected 1% (politicians) make decisions and the public service implements them. Traditionally the people who worked in the public sector received less money than a comparable job in the private sector mainly because the public sector job offered more job security and a job for life. This has changed in recent decades, where public sector employees have received significant increases in their salaries and increasing the cost of government. Australia still needs good quality people working for the government, but no more than is necessary. Currently there are thousands of administration positions in the public service that are duplicated at a state government and a national level. We plan to reduce this number via natural attrition over a period of 10 years. Below is a diagram of how this will happen.
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How a new federation will look without the state governments:
The table below describes the current situation for almost every portfolio where the states and the Australian government share power and responsibility, e.g Education, Health, Community Services, Water, Environment, Infrastructure and Attorney General. To explain the table above in detail, consider education:
Each of the six states and two territories have their own education (public service) department. The head of the Department of Education in each state reports to the state minister of education. They meet with the federal education minister. The federal education department also reports to the federal education minister.
In five years time the state education departments will report to the federal minister of education. So to will the federal education department representative.
In ten years time the federal and the state education departments will merge. All will become Australian Public Servants. The head of that department will report with the minister. There will be NO job losses for teachers, state or federal public servants during this transition time. Only some administration positions will not be re advertised when people retire or leave.
There will be a national curriculum for all Australian school students. There will be one university entry system that applies to every university in Australia. There will be one set of teaching standards. This will enable teachers and students to move inter state with minimal change needed.
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The above example applied for teaching, but it could easily apply to hospitals, the police force, roads and business regulations.
The change can be as slow or as fast as Australians are ready for.
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