Shadow Treasurer Damien Tudehope has called on the Minns Labor Government to come clean on which cost of living measures and services it will now cut to pay for its unfunded $3.4 billion public sector wages blowout.
“The Minns Labor Government is crowing that the wages cap is dead and obsolete. What is really dead and obsolete is Labor’s promise that any public sector wage rise beyond the 3% cap for 2023/24 would be fully offset by productivity gains. To say the wages cap is dead does not absolve Labor of that promise,” Mr Tudehope said.
“Minns’ deal with his PSA union mates announced today, along with the even higher unfunded wage rise offer currently being voted on by the HSU, will together cost the NSW taxpayer $3.4 billion more over the next four years than provided for in Labor’s pre-election budget costings,” Mr Tudehope warned.
“Four months into Minns’ four year term and we can see that Labor’s priorities are wrong, Minns’ is delivering jobs for the boys, deals with union mates and broken promises. The people of NSW deserve better.” Mr Tudehope said.