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July 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
MORE than 2000 staff face the chop at Queensland Rail, with the State Government planning a 30 per cent reduction in the workforce.
Those under pressure include a “bloated corporate office” which includes 12 senior executives who each earn an average of $377,500 a year.
The Courier-Mail also understands 500 jobs are set to go from the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, which employs more than 4000 people.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads is also facing a reduction in staff.
The cuts follow the loss of thousands of workers whose contracts expired last week.
After confusion last Friday about the number of job losses, Premier Campbell Newman said yesterday “the union figure of 3000 was probably in the ballpark”.
The Cabinet Budget Review Committee has discussed the need to “rip the guts” out of Queensland Rail and slash job numbers from 7200 to 5000.
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Transport Minister Scott Emerson yesterday confirmed Queensland Rail was facing a major upheaval following a review of the Government-owned corporation’s “bloated executive”.
“There is $4.53 million being paid to 12 senior executives, each paid above the CEO level for Government departments,” Mr Emerson said.
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“Over the past two years, staffing has increased by 68 per cent in the communication, stakeholder and marketing area, 122 per cent increase in (the) finance area, and 66 per cent in strategy and corporate services.
“Labor oversaw a bloated corporate office that the Queensland taxpayer can no longer afford.”
The news follows Translink staff being told 20 per cent of positions have to go from the agency which co-ordinates train, bus and ferry timetables and administers the go card.
The news was delivered on Tuesday, 100 days since the LNP took office.
About 400 people are employed by Translink, which has 353 full-time equivalent roles.
The number of job cuts being considered by the Government has shocked Queensland Rail staff who were issued with an order on Monday to “focus on efficiency and eliminate waste”.
Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said Mr Newman’s repeated claims about not knowing specific numbers of job losses were “completely false”.
“”Can Mr Newman now guarantee no slackening of service and safety standards throughout our rail system?” Ms Palaszczuk said.
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