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flag Tasmania restructures public service, cuts 250 jobs, to boost infrastructure and housing amid budget constraints.

flag Tasmania’s government is overhauling its public service with a $250 million restructuring, dissolving the Department of State Growth and creating Building Tasmania to boost infrastructure, housing, and road projects. flag The move, aimed at improving efficiency and cutting costs, will eliminate 250 full-time-equivalent jobs and establish new entities for economic development and tourism. flag Premier Jeremy Rockliff cited unsustainable spending and the need to live within budget, noting the changes will free up significant funds. flag The reorganization comes amid criticism of slow progress on housing, with Homes Tasmania falling short of its 10,000-home target by 2032. flag The government has also frozen non-essential hiring and aims to cut 2,500 public sector jobs over time, with no new taxes planned.

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