Australian economy hamstrung by bureaucratic bloat - MacroBusiness
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that the public sector wages bill increased by 8% nationwide in 2023-24 to $232 billion. The federal government’s wage bill increased by 10% to $37.3 billion, while the number of federal public service employees increased by more than 4% to 365,400. Only the ACT recorded a| MacroBusiness
