[mission_failed]

> Around 2014 the amount spent on "admin" was gutted by half with the election of the Liberal party (small govt party in AU)

Inaccurate if not misleading. The Liberal party are firm believers that private companies do everything better than Government. Pretty much the UK conservative party in function and form

[stephen_g]

Yeah, the pattern has been a massive increase in spend in consultancies (especially the big 4) for things that the public service used to do itself. I believe it's over a billion dollars per year to the big 4 now, from tens of millions p/a back then.