John M Scott: Real cost of big public sector

Dear editor, A couple of observations on recent matters. An interesting story (“Cooks burgeoning public service back where it started,” June 4) again raises the question, what is the size and annual cost of our public service?

Dear editor, A couple of observations on recent matters. An interesting story (“Cooks burgeoning public service back where it started,” June 4) again raises the question, what is the size and annual cost of our public service?