Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 3:53 pm Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Press Statement
David Seymour - ACT
Leader
“The Government’s anti-poverty agenda
is paying dividends already with the public sector’s
highest-paid bureaucrats getting a gold-plated office
fit-out”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.
The
State Services Commission (SSC) - where the average salary
is $134,000 - today revealed it spent about $10,000 for each
of its employees on an office refurbishment, half of that on
new furniture.
“The average New Zealander works
for about eight months to pay $10,000 in tax.
“They will be incredibly frustrated to learn their
money has gone towards something as fuzzy as a more
‘collaborative operating model’ at the SSC.
“The culture of entitlement and extravagance in the
public sector grew under National and continues unabated
under Labour. The new State Services Minister Chris Hipkins
has his work cut out for him.
“Senior bureaucrats
need to learn that government departments aren’t their
personal fiefdoms. They are only there to support
hard-working Kiwis in the real economy”, says Mr
Seymour.
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