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Nick Kada, in an insightful piece published on Sky News Australia, analyzes how this dependence manifests specifically through the expanding size of the public service workforce. Despite election results, the underlying structural issues remain under-discussed, yet profoundly impactful. Kada emphasizes that the growth of the public sector is closely tied to the political landscape, with Labor increasingly fostering a bloated bureaucracy that insidiously consolidates power.