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Hubbard, James, 1949- : NZ Public Service - front line service. 31 March 2011
Date: 2011
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017480
Description: Finance Minister Bill English looks proudly at the 'Front Line Service' of the 'NZ Public Service'. Behind the door two fat men representing 'consultants' and 'private contractors' raise their champagne glasses. Context - The government intends reducing the size of the public service with mergers and redundancies. One argument that is made is that front line services are being improved. However consultants and provate contractors are the people who seem to make a good living off the restructurings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Fletcher, David 1952- : "We need to cut jobs within the department ..." 1 April 2011
Date: 2011
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017433
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister tells his assistant that jobs have to be cut in the department - he asks him to get someone to make a list of all non-essential personnel starting with the person who put his name at the top of the list. Context - mergers and redundancies in an effort to reduce government spending. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :[Tony Scissorhands Ryall]. 22 January 2012
Date: 2012
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0020060
Description: State Services Minister and Health Minister, Tony Ryall, is shown as 'Scissorhands' cutting everything in sight. He says he wants to save a billion dollars over four years in the public service. The government has already cut at least 1700 full-time jobs, forced state sector managers to re-prioritise and put a freeze on baselines. He is also Minister of Health, has set up a new National Health Board and is letting hundreds of jobs go as the health sector undergoes major structural change, thereby saving money that he says will go back into the Health Sector. 'Edward Scissorhands' is a 1990 American romantic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :The Public Service. 1 June 2011
Date: 2011
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0017991
Description: The cartoon shows Finance Minister Bill English approaching a huge tree that represents 'the Public Service' with a gigantic pair od shears hidden behind his back; he is thinking of a tiny tree in a pot. Context - Cuts in the Public Service because of New Zealand's economic situation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).