"Call yourself a consultant specialising in mass layoffs and join this line..." 2 October 2010

A man standing in a line of consultants being hired by Treasury advises a man who has, along with many others, been made redundant from the civil service, to join him the consultants' line. Refers to redundancies in the public service as the economy bites as well as the news that 'The Treasury spent almost three times the amount on contractors and consultants in the Government's first full financial year than in Labour's last full financial year in power. In the year to June 2008, $1,968,000 was spent on external contractors, but in the year to June 2010 that figure almost tripled to $5,542,000. State Services Minister Tony Ryall says the increase in spending on consultants at the Treasury is consistent with the fact it is working under a new government. Mr Ryall says Labour was bereft of ideas in what he calls its last, dying year of government and a new government always has new policies to get started.'

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