Nadine Flood believes the public will experience more delays and long queues because of cuts to government services.
There’s a common misconception that most public servants are Canberra based, well paid and underworked. But two thirds of the public sector actually work outside of the national capital and are on average or below average wages.
CPSU National Secretary Nadine Flood tells 3Q that the public will notice the difference when over 4000 cuts are made to the public sector this year.
Read the CPSU’s round up of the implications the Federal Budget will have on the public sector.
And she says Tony Abbott’s plans to slash the public service would be disastrous.