人员紧缩导致澳大利亚公务员获得2.02亿澳元遣散费。堪培拉 —— 随着阿尔巴尼斯工党政府推动在公共部门寻找节省开支的途径，澳大利亚联邦各部门和主要机构在上一财年用于自愿遣散的支出，超过了它们通过削减承包商和顾问合同总共节省的金额。
Staffing squeeze led to AU$202 million worth of payouts for public servants. CANBERRA — As the Albanese Labor government pushed to find savings across the public sector, Australia’s federal departments and major agencies spent more on voluntary redundancies in the last financial year than they collectively saved on slashing contractors and consultants.
2025至2026财年，联邦各部门以及澳大利亚服务局和澳大利亚税务局的自愿遣散支出激增1.562亿澳元，达到2.022亿澳元。
Expenditure on voluntary redundancies surged by AU$156.2 million in the 2025 to 2026 financial year, to $202.2 million across federal departments, as well as Services Australia and the Australian Taxation Office.
这些部门构成联邦政府劳动力的主体 —— 雇佣了19.6万公务员中的约11.8万人。联邦政府最大雇主国防部在发稿时尚未发布其报告。
These departments make up the bulk of the federal government workforce — employing roughly 118,000 of the 196,000 public servants. The government’s largest employer, the Department of Defense, had not released its report at the time of publication.
在2026联邦预算前夕，公共服务部门遭遇一波自愿遣散和招聘冻结潮，因为政府寻求控制开支、遏制公共部门岗位增长，这些政策是其执政前三年所背书的。
The public service was hit with a wave of voluntary redundancies and hiring freezes in the lead-up to the 2026 federal budget, as the government sought to rein in spending and curb growth in public sector jobs, policies it had endorsed during its first three years in power.