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NSW Primary Industries and Regional Development confirms mass retrenchments
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The Mandarin
Frontline research and regional jobs are set to go as DPIRD presses ahead with a restructure pitched as “financially responsible.”The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has confirmed it will cut regional frontline staff, despite ongoing union talks and mobility rules aimed at curbing churn and reducing costly labour hire.
“This reform does not lead to the delivery of world-class, on-farm science for NSW primary producers facing the harsh realities of climate change.
“It’s a shortsighted budgetary surrender, and it’s at the expense of regional jobs and regional economies.
“The worst bit is that it could have been undertaken in a manner that would provide reassurance to primary industry, regional economies, and a proper pivot towards new research and development proposals.
The DPIRD reckons that 75% of the workforce is based in regional NSW, and that the department has reduced the number of senior executive positions by 21% since June 2023.