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Bungled $26m train timetables set for a review

Transport Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk’s admission that the new $26 million train timetables may be subject to another review was proof Labor had bungled their implementation, the State Opposition said today.

LNP Shadow Transport Minister Scott Emerson said the $26 million spent on the first major upgrade of train timetables in almost 15 years had not alleviated overcrowding for public transport commuters.

"Almost 15 years and $26 million later and Labor still hasn’t got it right," Mr Emerson said.

Mr Emerson said the feedback in the past 48 hours from commuters on these new timetables had been a loss of services, longer journeys, and overcrowding.

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Anna Bligh presides over more than 4000 extra bureaucrats, public service wage bill $320 million
by Steven Wardill From: The Courier-Mail June 06, 2011
MORE than 4000 extra bureaucrats are strolling Brisbane's George St since Anna Bligh was appointed premier.

An analysis by The Courier-Mail has revealed a 12 per cent spike in non-frontline State Government positions over the past three years.

The blowout has forced up the taxpayer-funded wage bill by about $320 million annually.

In an effort to rein in wage costs, the Bligh Government will now spend $250 million on lucrative golden handshakes to convince 3500 non-frontline bureaucrats to retire.

The hiring of about 4300 additional public servants since 2007 coincided with the global financial crisis, which wreaked havoc on the Budget and forced the sale of state assets.

Queensland public service

Source: The Courier-Mail

Ms Bligh, pictured, yesterday conceded "backroom" positions had grown but it was critical to get the balance right.
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Bureaucrats splurge $1m on office plants

EDUCATION bureaucrats are shelling out more than $1 million to decorate their offices with pot plants, it has been revealed.

And it turns out the plants aren't even owned, they're being leased.

Coalition Senator Brett Mason on Monday said the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations had embarked on its own "Building the Horticulture Revolution" program. "It seems like an awful lot of money for plants which the department doesn't even own," Senator Mason said.

At budget estimates hearings on Monday, it was revealed the Department of Education and its agencies had spent $1.01 million on leasing plants since 2008.

"It is $1 million of taxpayers' money just spent on the bureaucrats' visual pleasure; not even a lasting asset for the department," Senator Mason said.

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Down The Drain

Source: The Courier-Mail, May 30 2011

QUEENSLANDERS are sick of seeing their taxes wasted on ill-fated state and federal programs, an exclusive poll shows.

A Galaxy Poll, conducted exclusively for The Courier-Mail, reveals Queenslanders have lost faith in the ability of the state and federal governments to spend money wisely.

Seventy per cent believe both levels of government are wasting money, following a string of botched programs that have bled taxpayer cash.

But a separate poll of politicians says the public has got it wrong.

The Courier-Mail today launches Waste Watchers - a campaign to keep an eye on how governments are spending taxpayer money.

It comes after both levels of government have been embroiled in a series of bungled programs, ranging from the deadly $2.45 billion federal home insulation scheme to the state's health payroll fiasco.

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