Budget cuts to hit schools, TAFE, foster care, parole
Today鈥檚 NSW State Budget cuts jobs and resources from critical public services while putting a further squeeze on workers鈥 pay and conditions, the Public Service Association said today.
The budget outlines job cuts from across the public service including TAFE, schools, disability and foster care and parole officers.
色狼社区General Secretary Anne Gardiner said the budget outlined a reckless approach based on cutting rather than investing, with no plan to service the growing NSW population.
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 build a better NSW by putting people out of work and cutting services to the community,鈥 Ms Gardiner said today.
鈥淭oday we鈥檝e discovered that TAFE, secondary education and support for disability and other vulnerable community members will be axed.
鈥淭hese are random and dangerous measures that will have long-term consequences on communities and local economies, particularly in regional NSW.
鈥淵ou may not feel the impact of these cuts when you wake up tomorrow, but when you next try to register yout car, or contact your child鈥檚 school or seek care for a family member, you will experience the eroding effects of these cuts.
The 15,000 job cuts already announced by the O鈥橣arrell Government are still playing out, hitting jobs and local economies in uncertain economic times, said Ms Gardiner.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 accept that the government has to put people out of work in order to invest in transport.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 accept that the government has to put people out of work in order to build schools. We need more people to service our growing state, not fewer,鈥 she said.
Today鈥檚 budget also includes:
- an extended efficiency dividend which will lead to pressure to cut corners in the public service; and
- plans to claw back superannuation increases guaranteed by the Federal Government.