The Federal Government has rolled out an immediate and ‘target’ support for axed Queensland public servants after the State Government’s decision to cut 14,000 public sector jobs.

 

Federal Employment Minister Bill Shorten said the $850,000 package will be aimed at helping the workers in question find new jobs and offset the flow-on impacts to non-government organisation that will no longer have access to State Government funding.

 

“Making the hard choices about our economy isn’t about cuts to schools and hospitals and tearing away frontline services. That’s no way to build a stronger economy that delivers for all Australians,” Mr Shorten said.

 

Without our public sector workforce and the hard work they do, Australia would not be as modern, would not be as fair, would not be as safe, well governed and would not be as compassionate.”

 

Mr Shorten said immediate Australian Government assistance available to workers made redundant as a result of the Queensland Government cuts includes:

  • Three of the Government’s highly successful Jobs and Skills Expos in the coming weeks in Brisbane, Townsville and Ipswich-Logan; and
  • over 30 information and assistance workshops on job seeking, assistance and support across mostly regional locations for workers and for non-government/Community Providers affected by Queensland Government public service cuts.