Federal public servant numbers are edging back towards the peak under Labor in 2011. The budget papers released on Tuesday showed average staffing levels across government agencies hitting 181,122 in 2022/23. It is just short of the 182,505 peak in 2011/12 and well below the 165,276 under the coalition in 2018/19. The tax office will […]

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