Fraser airs DPI job worries
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The New South Wales Government and Opposition are continuing to trade blows over whether there have been job cuts at the Department of Primary Industries (DPI).
The Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald, says there have been no forced redundancies, although some staff have left on a voluntary basis.
But Coffs Harbour MP Andrew Fraser says the Government is just playing with words.
"Mr Macdonald has said there will be no forced redundancies, but anyone who is going to leave is not going to be replaced," he said.
"That is a redundancy, that is taking jobs from regional and rural NSW, jobs that we can't afford to lose."
