Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the public service reform, experimenting with AI to streamline tasks
Another swathe of Government agency job cuts and public sector reform.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says they want to return the public servant headcount to 1% of the population by mid-2029, culling about 8,700 jobs.
Government agency operating budgets will again be reduced – 2% now, increasing over following years.
Willis says they will also thin out the ministries, pointing to savings it'll bring.
She says they expect to hire more nurses, Police officers, and others in critical frontline roles.
Willis says AI is “incredible” at slashing the amount of time needed for…
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