EXCLUSIVE: Chris Minns to make more Service NSW cuts
2GB Drive with Chris O'Keefe
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yesterday that the Minsk government will sack 225 people in Service NSW thanks to a $110 million budget cut. Now there are some internal documents increase for people on the phone to Service NSW to over 25 minutes. At the moment you're on hold for on average two minutes.
So cutbacks in fraud control for grants and rebates are also likely, and there will be potential for delays in getting grants and support programs out to people in natural disasters. So $110 million in cuts to Service NSW, 225 people to be sacked, which will lead to longer wait times at Service NSW, without question. Now, we broke this news yesterday, and we had some whistleblowers call us from inside the organisation.
And it's worse than we thought. So this is just wave one of cutbacks. Wave two comes in August. So more people are expected to lose their jobs in wave two. And employees within Service NSW have been told to expect wave three and wave four of cuts too. Now that makes sense because if the $110 million cost saving is divided across just 225 staff, then...
All of those people, I suppose, are on an average of $450,000 a year each, and that's not possible. So I have been told that the $110 million in cuts for Service NSW is a hard figure. So that's the number they've got to rip out. How Service NSW gets to that number is up to them. Now, there could be more than 225 people who lose their jobs. It just depends on how management determines to save that money.
So what will this do to the service at Service NSW? That is my big question. And I asked Minister Jihad Dib this directly on air yesterday, if you missed it. And I said, listen, if you stuff up Service NSW because the Minns government is trying to be tight with money, then there is definitely going to be voter backlash. Without question. Service NSW is a triumph. It is a great success.
organisation that does really good things for the people of New South Wales. But for some reason, it's now being targeted by the Minns government for cost savings. $110 million now, just wave one. Looks like we'll get wave two, three and four of job cuts too. They're going to want to hope to God it doesn't impact service. 18 past three.