Original article by Damon Johnston, Anthony Galloway, Lily McCaffrey
The Australian – Page: 4 : 6-May-26

The Victorian government’s budget papers show that the state’s public sector wages bill is forecast to rise from $40.3bn in the current financial year to $41.1bn in 2026-27. Employee expenses are expected to keep rising over the forward estimates period, reaching $45.5bn by 2030. This is despite the government’s public service job cuts in response to a review by former bureaucrat Helen Silver; the job cuts are estimated to have contributed to government savings of about $4bn. Treasurer Jaclyn Symes says the government had been reducing non-frontline workers across the public sector, but she stresses that it is continuing to invest in essential workers such as teachers, nurses and police officers.

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