Government Member Criticizes Large Public Service

Topic: State Government

Tanzil Rahman says the public service is too big.

In short:

A government member, Tanzil Rahman, criticized the public service for being too large and ineffective.

The public service has about 27,000 workers in a place with 265,000 people.

What's next?

The debt will be $13.2 billion in 2028-29. The territory is getting more debt.

A government member said the public service is too big and ineffective.

The public service has 27,000 workers in a place with 265,000 people.

The government's debt will be over $12 billion next year.

The debt will be $13.2 billion in 2028-29.

A government member praised the treasurer for being responsible with money.

Bill Yan announced the budget.

We need to talk about what we need to run the public service.

The government member said he was not criticizing public servants.

About 41% of the government's expenses are for public servant costs.

We need public servants in a place controlled by the state.

When you're a new economy, you need more public servants.

This was the second budget of the CLP government.

The government member agreed that not all debt is bad.

But he said the NT's debt is bad.

The debt is $13 billion in a place with 265,000 people.

Different views on spending

The government member's speech was 30 minutes long.

Another member wanted to hear more from the government member.

Chansey Paech made a request to extend the speaking time.

The government member had different views on how to spend money.

He said things would be different if he was in charge.

But he doesn't have control. He's thankful for that.

He wouldn't spend money the same way.

He learned from another country's mistakes.

It takes time to make changes.