Unions have reacted with disbelief to the Tasmanian treasurer's 2024 road map to reduce debt through cuts to government departments.
Tas mania's treasurer is asking departments to tighten their belts, again, as "efficiency dividend" measures to stretch into a fourth year.To reduce the strain on the public purse, the government is extending its "efficiency dividend" to a fourth year, and has asked departments to find an additional $150 million in savings, above the $300 million expected over three years.The state's debt is projected to reach $5.4 billion this financial year.
The so-called efficiency dividends proposed in today's budget are the government's way to reduce spending by finding more optimal ways to carry out tasks.So, news of an additional $150 million in efficiency dividends was "absolutely unfathomable", Unions Tasmania secretary Jessica Munday said. "The conflicting statements in our budget will do nothing to allay the concerns of our members and their ability to provide quality care."Treasurer Michael Ferguson said the efficiency dividend equated to a saving of 50 cents per every $100 of government spending and represented 1.6 per cent of the spending across the forward estimates.
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