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KEVIN Rudd and his rrurusters have a promise to get rid of rogue employers, emerged as Australia's most demanding three of his own ministers have recorded bosses with ncar record staff burnout of a staff turnover of 100 per cent-plus. 60 per cent in just over two years. The Prime Minister has now lost 2Hstaff Despite pledging to tear up former Prime with (;overnmcnt insiders, describing his Minister 's WorkChoices, 262 office as resembling an airport "transit ministerial staff. from a total of 444, have lounge". departed since Labor came to office. And while Mr Rudd ~urged to office on Continued Page 6 Rudd, ministers wear out staff From Pagel

Some former staff members arc ernrnent advisers had left in droves. losing 13 of her employees. privately seething about his employ- "You shouldn't be having 100 per Some of the departures can be ment style, claiming he canny off the cent turnover in any team. If you've explained by ministers receiving new handle at -a moment's notice. got autocratic management,' lack of duties. Special Minister of State Joe The pace of Labor's 24/7 reform direction, people will leave," he said. Ludwig has lost 12 of his staff - but agenda has taken its toll across "And every time you lose someone he was transferred from the Human the board. it costs the taxpayer money, huge Services portfolio in mid-2009. Deputy Prime Minister and Work- money." In total, 21 ofMr Rudd's 28 ministers place Relations Minister Julia Gillard The costs of replacing these staff is have suffered staff turnover of 50 per has lost 12 of her staff, while Climate close to $800,000 based on parliamen- cent or more . . Change Minister Penny Wong has tary estimates - but long-term Labor But several Ministers have managed shed 14. loyalists say the "costs" can't be just to retain almost all their loyal em- Newly appointed Population Minis- measured in dollars and cents. ployees including lIousing Minister ter Tony Burke has suffered an 81 per The exodus of staff includes long- Tanya Plibcrsck, who has shed just cent turnover, losing 13 of his staff. serving ALP staffers who arc simply two advisers. The highest turnover, though, goes "f ... ing exhausted" according to one- Families and Indigenous Affairs to the Sports and Youth Minister Kate well placed source. Minister Jenny Macklin has lost just Ellis - with 130 per cent. A Government insider says another four staff, as has Financial Services The South Australian Minister, who reason for the large numbers of de- Minister, Chris Bowen. last week posed for a glamorous photo partures was that Mr Rudd's election Labor enforcer Anthony Albanese shoot, has had 13 staff leave her office. attracted "blow-ins who thought it has retained all but four of his staff. At least one was a part-time univer- would be like West Wing. Innovation and Industry Minister sity student while several others left Instead, many have found the work- Kim Carr recently lost the "core" of to have families. But the staff exodus and-life balance almost non-existent his political staff including science has alarmed recruitment specialists and left for less stressful jobs, in the adviser Andrew Reeves, who left in who say the private sector "norm" is private sector, in the bureaucracy or February after nine years with the closer to 10 per cent a year. working for state Labor governments. Victorian Labor Senator. "It's a very high number by any Furthermore, Veterans Affairs Min- But Senator Carr is considered a standard I am aware of," Australian ister Alan Griffin has seen 12 staff good boss and some of his staff - such Human Resources Institute president, leave his office - for a turnover of 108 as electorate office manager Glen Peter Wilson said. per cent. Kelly - has been on his payroll for Brooklyn Group chief executive And the Minister for Ageing, Justine more than 10 years. Brian Russell also queried why gov- Elliott, has a similar, turnover, after

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Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gil, lard moved yesterday to defend Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's rep- utation as a boss, saying-he was "'very easy to work with", Mr Rudd also batted away sug- gestions that he was a tough task- master, after a report that 28 staff had left his 53-person office iu almost 2X years in government. The latest revelations about turnover at the top of the federal government came as Mr :Rudd and Ms Gillard continued a round of election campaign-style appear- ances, defending the government's bealthcare and education policies before a community ca binet in Sydney last night. But Mr Rudd stepped back from daily political combat to ap- plaud Opposition Leader Thny Abbott's completion of the 1000- kilometre Pollie Pedal bike ride Kevin Rudd'~ through a HydeHospital visit yesterday_ Prieto: NICK MOIR from Melbourne to Sydney. "If it was me, [I would have] political advisers because tbey plan required months of burning probably got to day two, I'd have share a passion and enthusiasm the midnight oil, He doubted the to put on the trainer wheels and for change, and a passion and en- public was especially sympathetic then fall off. Good on him," thusiasm to. work with politicians to. public servants and staff hav- Mr Rudd said. to make a difference," she said ing to work until 10 o'clock at No. Labor politicians partici- "Working for a national politi- night. ·pated in the event this year, ap- cian means that you've got to be "No, actually they want to have parently because it is an election prepared to be in Canberra for big their hospitals fixed," he saiel year. Mr Abbott has faced criti- parts of the year ... that means But liberal MP Jamie Briggs cism for participating instead of people being away from home ... said Mr Rudd was hard to work concentrating solely on his job as Dr travelling around the nation." with. Opposition Leader. Mr Rudd told Fairfax radio "We~ve got a. Prime Minister Ms Gillard's comments on Mr that one of his staff had com- who is a different person behind Rudd's work habits followed a mented recently that one year closed doors to what he is on report that staff turnover in Rudd with him was akin to a "dog television. government ministerial offices is year", equal to seven human "It's very important that there's running at about 60 per cent. years, a corporate knowledge within Ms Gillard said lifestyle factors "So folks stay with me for three these [government] offices, and associated with working in Can- or four years - that's probably that corporate knowledge disap- berra meant some people lasted 28 or 30 years Dr more in actual pears very quickly when you have only a short time in political work. time," staff turnover like this." "Obviously people come to be Mr Rudd said his health reform AAP

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'--,'if CJanisation" Rudd blames Canberra for staff turnover By Oanielle Cronin Political Correspondent

An. ACT Senator is outraged that were "outrageous' and "untnir" ring levels by about 30 per cent ami Prime Minister Kevin Rudel has "Whv blame the lifestyle in Can- remaining staff had the same or blamed the "CnnberraHfestvle" for berra for a high rate of turnover of greater workloads. which caused high staff turnover within his'arlmin- staff when there have been federal burn-out". istratiou. governments based in Canberra for Blaming staff or the cnvlrons was Politics was a tough environment, generations and they haven't experi- simply "spin'. according to Mr Rudd, who suggest- enced turnover like this?" he asked, "If we was talking about Canberra ed one 'year working-as a ministerial "I don't what he means bv , .. of 50 or GO years ago, he might have staffer \....ms probably akin to seven l'Canberra lifestyle']. Either it's too had a point. but that's not the years in a "normal" job. boring or too cold or what. I don't Canberra of today. It's a great place "Il's probably like a dog vear . , , so kJ10\,\,. 10 live and to work. Every federal folks srnv with me for three or four "He obviouslv didn't intend to member I've every spoke to actually years, that's probably 2fJ or 30 years explain the comment. I-Ie just was agrees privately." he said. or more in actual time,' he said, relying, in making the comment, on "Pepple get the opportunity 10 travel prejudice ill other parts uf Australia to Canberra. too live there, to- stay about Call berra. there '" from Sydney and Mel- "If he makes' a throwaway line bourne, and some" of them are not about 'My poor staff can't cope with entirely attracted by the Canberra those sort of eggheads in Canberra' lifestyle. They are 'separated from or 'That cold weather or that strange family, they go to Canberra and environment ill Canberra', it prob- sometimes it actually has an impact ably gets nods in certain parts of the all their lives, but it's a tough job." country," . ACT Liberal Senator Ga.rv Hum- Senator Humphries said the Rudd phriessaid the Mr.~hldd's. COi_l1UH::UtS Government had cut ministerial staf- UNFAIR': Senator Gary Humphries

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PUBLIC policy experts have installers. Rudd warnedthat the pace was the 56 pel' cent in 2007-08 but warned t h (It Ihe federal public. ser- The report questioned going to increase even amid com- down from the 94 per cent in the vice is being pushed beyond its whether the department had plaints of excessive working last year of the Howard govern- limits into areas normally man- enough staff. It warnedof'thcpot- hours including the case of a ment. TIJe number of cabinet aged by the states in the wake of eutial for hum-out and identified Treasury official forced to work minutes recorded spiked to 1543 tile failure of the Rudd govern- enforcement of the program as a 3G hours straight. from 811the year before. ( 'nent's $2.5 billion insulation risk. Bureaucrats would be forced As the government grappled The insulation fiasco is the program. to rely on contracts l-ather than with the global financial crisis the latest in a string of programs that As the government suspended legislation and regulation would pace increased. Cabinet met 44 have either failed 01' become the program yesterday, it he through third parties. times in the 2008-09 financial bogged down in the implemen- emerged that a risk assessment of The warning will reignite the year. compared with 30 in tation phase and comes amid con- the program by Minter Ellison debate about' whethe-r the Rudd 20()7-08. Cabinet committee cerns among some senior bureau- Consulting.warned last April that government's policy program is meetings ballooned to 235 from crats of a lack of consultation the Environment Department overambitious, forcing the bur- 104lhe year before. from the government as policies lacked the experience, staff and eaucracy to rush programs and in- And the department struggled are developed. regulatory capabilities t 0 properly -creasing the risk of failure and to keep up with the pace. It de- Continued all PaRe 4 roll out the program, which has wasting taxpayer funds. livered cabinet minutes within the been linked to at least 86 house Tensions with the public ser- benchmark 24 hours 74 per cent Fires and the deaths of foul' vice flared in 2008 when Kevin of the time, an improvement on Staff left burnt by Ruddworkload Continued (Will Page 1

Earlier this month, service delivery programs from "There arc a lot of areas the mont unstuck.' Professor »lational Audit OITicE.'detailed Canberra. commonwealth is involved in now Shergold said. how $17 million of taxpayers Asked about the failed insu- where UlCYreally don't have a lot "I think that faiiure f o im- money -was wasted when Com- lation program, he said: "I think of hands-on information," Pro- plement one's announced policies munications Minister Stephen they established pretty good ad- fessor Wanna said, well over time starts to undermine Conroy ignored warnings of the ministration guidelines. But then Earlier lhls week on Radio Na- you, People start to lose confi- risks of sticking with his original Canberra obviously found it very tional Professor Shergold said im- dence and start not to listen to timetable for the establishment of difficult to enforce them." plementation was the key to gov- what you are saying." the national broadband network. Professor Shergold told The erument policy. He said it was But Nadine Flood, the deputy Government promises on Weekend Aust!'QIian yesterday better 1'01' a government-to have no national secretary of the Com- childcare drop-orr centres in that to have made the program policy than 1"0 announce one with monwealth Public Sector Union, school grounds, construction of work the department would need fanfare and then he unable to de- said rctar ions with the govern- GP super clinics and cutting busi- to have developed a network of liver on it. ment wert' "generally pretty good" ness red tape have all had slow providers to deliver it and a strong professor Shergold, who now and many public servants were starts. These are on top of tile deci- partnership with states, runs the Centre for Social Impact proud of the job they did during sion to scrap Gl'oceryChoice last John Wannam, of Australian at the University ofNSW, s

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