A key step in the de-shittification of Victoria involves a sweeping independent review of the state’s public service. It was announced this year by Premier Jacinta Allan, with as many as 3000 public servants flagged as possible victims of the so-called “entity consolidation”.
From left: former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, former secretary of the Victoria Department of Premier and Cabinet Helen Silver, and her NSW counterpart Blair Comley at Parliament House in Sydney on Monday. Louise Kennerley