FIGURES obtained by Senator Gary Humphries have revealed the Department of Human Services will need to find savings of $100million each year.
According to Senator Humphries, the latest cuts, forced by the government’s increased efficiency dividend will see a hit of close to $300million to the department’s budget bottom line over the forward estimates.
“These cuts are a massive concern for Canberrans and send a wave of uncertainty across the APS,” Senator Humphries said.
“The Department of Human Services now have to find nearly $100million worth of savings each year, yet the ALP continues to claim that no jobs will be lost; no one believes that.”
Senator Humphries said with the next budget only a matter of weeks away, “it may be a good time for ACT Labor to come clean”.
“Why Kate Lundy, Gai Brodtmann and Andrew Leigh continue to deny what their own departments are telling them is dumbfounding,” he said.
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