Spend big on consultants, screw the guys on the tools who do the work :

http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/nsw-government-contractors-accused-of-trying-to-slash-workers-pay-and-conditions-20170913-gygw11.html

This shitbag kleptocracy of corporate criminals is utterly true to form, and if their pissant penny pinching leads to dodgy electrical work on signalling that kills metro passengers (their own idiot voters from god-bothererland in Hills district, chortle) the blood will entirely be on Gormless Gladys’s and Gomer Pyles’ hands.

And they are not unique :

http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/100-billion-wipeout-one-in-four-workers-set-to-lose-from-wage-attacks-20170917-gyj18p.html

Tony G

> On 18 Sep 2017, at 1:14 pm, Greg Sutherlandgregsutherland@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> I think it would be fair to say that the Sydney Morning Herald has also been looking "

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> Government spending on consultants set to soar by millions"

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> http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/government-spending-on-consultants-set-to-soar-by-millions-20170917-gyj4pe.html http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/government-spending-on-consultants-set-to-soar-by-millions-20170917-gyj4pe.html

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> https://johnmenadue.com/john-austen-doubts-about-infrastructure-go-beyond-sydney-metro/ https://johnmenadue.com/john-austen-doubts-about-infrastructure-go-beyond-sydney-metro/

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> "This set me wondering if contractors intentionally stretch out council and government jobs to maintain income stream. And presumably they are all into it, contractors and all levels of government.

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> Has anyone else noticed similar? It seems the Terrorgraph has, and did not single out the tram project."

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