John Hatzistergos: Please Explain DPP Budget Cuts

I never know for sure if the current lot of elected Parliamentarians in Macquarie Street are basically out of their depth or if they are living in an artificial world divorced from reality.

ABC News reports on a budget fiasco at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Office is short on staff and short on cash to the tune of $3 million. The story is also found in the Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald.

What gets me is that Cabinet Ministers all have offices in Governor Macquarie Tower where millions of dollars in rent are being shelled out just so they can spy Sydney Harbour. At the same time they talk piffle about making the public sector less cumbersome, more cost effective. So how come the DPP cannot prosecute cases? Why is Mr John Hatzistergos dodging the issue by waffling on about allocations from Treasury? The cuts have been decided by the Labor Government probably in congress with NSW Treasury.

Fewer people are employed and they are expected to work longer and out-of-hours and not expect any remuneration for services rendered. The public service is cracked in so many spots and it is only held together with the adhesive substance being chewing gum.