The Premier’s own department sacked five drivers just days before she announced that no government employees would lose their jobs, indicating the commitment does not extend to the nearly one in five public servants on temporary contracts.

Gladys Berejiklian guaranteed last week that no public servant would be forced out of a job for the next 12 months, in exchange for a freeze on pay rises. The measure is still being negotiated after upper house members indicated they would not support a pay freeze.

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