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Consultants and contractors providing labour hire services expect to be further squeezed by a returning Labor government which has put a further $6.4 billion target on agencies to cut their outsourcing budgets.
After an election where Canberra and the public service were in the spotlight, ACT senator Katy Gallagher, who is expected to retain the Finance portfolio, put agency heads on notice that Labor would continue to target spending on outsourcing as well as expenses in order to find savings.
“The approach we’ve taken in every budget is to just continue to put the screws on departments’ spending on contracts,” Senator Gallagher said when Labor released its costings.
“I also want to tighten up more discretionary expenditure across departments.”
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