Rising Spending Casts Spotlight on Impact of a Big Government

Queensland Parliament House in downtown Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 19, 2013. Wikimedia Commons CC

There are fresh concerns a growing bureaucracy is causing government spending to jump, according to the latest data from an independent examination of Queensland’s public sector.

State government spending jumped by 17.6 percent to $67.1 billion (US$47.5 billion) in the 2017-18 period, according to the latest financial audit from the Queensland Audit Office.