Former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, claims that Australia’s public service is no longer able to function effectively after being stripped bare by years of outsourcing:
Speaking to InnovationAus’ Commercial Disco podcast as part of a virtual book tour to promote his political autobiography A Bigger Picture, Mr Turnbull said one of the big challenges facing government has been the hollowing out of in-house public service skills…
“You’ve basically had this ‘cult of the consultant’ to the point where the skills for doing so many things that are really core business are no longer in the public service,” he said…
