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Rorting the system

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

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The Cost of the Efficiency Dividend

The amount we spend on consultancies is actually wholly consistent with the process that we sort of outlined at the beginning. I mean, what was it in one year there was $20.8 billion spent on consultancies? That's right. And over time, you've seen a lack of an ability for the public service to bring in expertise because it's been so eroded through the efficiency dividend. So we're now getting the deficiency dividend, which is the cost of that lost capacity. Exactly. And it's costing us a fortune.

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