The O'Farrell Government could not have chosen a worse time to announce another round of outsourcing and cutbacks than today, with ABS figures showing a jump in NSW unemployment.
Today's final report of the Commission of Audit reveals the O'Farrell Government is considering further public sector cutbacks and outsourcing, under the guise of 'contestability'.
The response comes on the same day as the State's jobless rate rose to 5.2 per cent.
"It's alarming to see this Government push for even more public sector job cuts when the private sector is clearly contracting," Unions NSW Secretary, Mark Lennon said.
"Since the start of the year, we have been calling for a detailed and comprehensive jobs plan. Failing that, we have asked for an employment roundtable.
"These very reasonable requests have fallen on deaf ears.
"Despite another 2,256 people joining the jobless queue in the last month, we must now prepare for even more public sector cuts.
"A Premier who promised to create 100,000 new jobs is instead presiding over job losses in the public and private sector.
"It's utterly perverse to cut the public sector while the private sector is not delivering on jobs. Nobody voted for fewer jobs and inferior services."
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