I wasn't suggesting you explicitly said that, mhaze.

//Of course I never said it did, but please tell me more about what I didn't say.//

My point was simply that an aggregate ranking by itself doesn't identify where inefficiency lies or what specifically needs reform. Sounds like someone's getting rather defensive.

//The aggregate simply shows a society where efficiency is no longer valued//

That's quite a large conclusion to draw from a single statistic. The figure shows Australia has relatively high public sector employment per capita on your G20 comparison. It doesn't, by itself, demonstrate that inefficiency is widespread or that an entire society no longer values efficiency.

"I wasn't suggesting you explicitly said that, mhaze."

A retreat of sort, which is about all we can expect from JD.

mhaze,

It wasn't a retreat. It was simply clarifying the point being made.

The issue remains the same: an aggregate employment ranking doesn't by itself establish the cause of productivity or growth outcomes.

Back to you.

This idiotic system could be knocked on the head by simply replacing anti incumbent Government bureaucrats with new people. Bring the Public Service back to being a service instead of a wealth guzzling empire building club !

Indy,

Back from up north, spent time in Townsville, catch up with the nephew and family, living there. Didn't get a chance to catch you in your tree, called into Cairns for one night. They need to do better with the treatment of Indigenous folk there, probably need a few more public servants to straiten things out. You would agree?

Trumpster,

How is your GREAT PEACEMAKER the Warmongering child killing, Donald doing these days. Let his murdering Zionist mate Netanyahu kill tens of thousands of innocent people in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, and Trump thinks he should get the Nobel Peace Prize. What do you think? Sorry you don't think anything of "enemies" being slaughtered by the thousands, do you?