Queensland’s public sector employee expenses have fallen by $433 million since 2011-12, according to the 2013-2014 Report on State Finances.  Between 2012-13 and 2013-14, employee expenses shrank by 1.7% when costs associated with one-off redundancy payments are included.

However, employee expenses actually grew 0.7% between 2012-13 and 2013-14 if...