Commentary
It’s payback time. The Community Public Sector Union (CPSU), having helped bankroll Labor’s victory by donating its members’ funds to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, appears to be now expecting a quid pro quo from Labor for its members by the use of taxpayer funds.
This is evident from the public service wage negotiations currently underway in Canberra for the federal public service.
The deals are being struck for each other’s benefit with other peoples’ money.
Having commenced with an absurd demand for a 20 percent pay increase plus add-ons like unsupervised work from home, the CPSU allowed the government to meet halfway as its opening offer….