{"id":29943,"date":"2024-11-05T14:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=29943"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:10:06","slug":"the-minns-labor-government-treats-melbourne-cup-day-as-garbage-day-to-hide-public-sector-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/11\/05\/the-minns-labor-government-treats-melbourne-cup-day-as-garbage-day-to-hide-public-sector-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minns Labor government treats Melbourne cup day as \u2018garbage day\u2019 to hide public sector failures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While the people of New South Wales enjoy the excitement of the Melbourne Cup and the Big Dance at Randwick, the Minns Labor Government is quietly treating today as their \u2018Garbage Day\u2019\u2014hoping to bury damning results from their own public sector employee surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These surveys, released today, paint a devastating picture of a public sector in crisis under Labor\u2019s watch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the Health portfolio pay satisfaction has plummeted to a dismal 31%, with only 34% of employees believing that change is managed well<\/li><li>At NSW Ambulance, a mere 18% of employees have faith that their management will act on these survey results<\/li><li>At Transport burnout is rife, with 43% of employees reporting feeling mentally exhausted<\/li><li>Sydney Trains has seen a 6% drop in pay satisfaction and a dismal 36% approval rating on change management<\/li><li>The Premier\u2019s Department has lost the confidence of its staff, with 45% doubting that any action will be taken on their feedback<\/li><li>The NSW Police Force faces an alarming 33% satisfaction rate with pay, and only 20% of officers believe that changes are managed effectively<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said this government is hoping that while New South Wales is focused on the races, we won\u2019t notice the disaster they\u2019ve made of the public sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Minns Labor Government is treating today as its \u2018Garbage Day,\u2019 trying to bury bad news in the hope it gets lost in the noise,\u201d Mr Speakman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surveys reveal what we\u2019ve known all along\u2014Labor can\u2019t manage, they can\u2019t lead, and their public servants are paying the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the people of New South Wales enjoy the excitement of the Melbourne Cup and the Big Dance at Randwick, the Minns Labor Government is quietly treating today as their \u2018Garbage Day\u2019\u2014hoping to bury damning results from their own public sector employee surveys. These surveys, released today, paint a devastating picture of a public sector &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/11\/05\/the-minns-labor-government-treats-melbourne-cup-day-as-garbage-day-to-hide-public-sector-failures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Minns Labor government treats Melbourne cup day as \u2018garbage day\u2019 to hide public sector failures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29944,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29943\/revisions\/29944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}