Reported at www.themandarin.com.au: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s plan to cut up to 3,000 public servants has faced strong backlash from the Community and Public Sector Union Victoria, which argues that the government is targeting administrative staff while ignoring inefficiencies in larger projects.

Union secretary Karen Batt criticised the government for misrepresenting workforce numbers and emphasized that all public service roles contribute to service delivery.

The government’s review aims to identify waste and inefficiency, but Batt contends that the cuts disproportionately impact essential support staff while frontline roles remain untouched.