The Australian | McGowan 'just getting started' as government departments slashed The Australian Western Australia's 41 government departments will be slashed to just 25 within two months, as the new McGowan government attempts to cut a ballooning wages bill and return the budget to surplus. Touting the move as the “biggest shake-up of the public ... Number of WA government departments slashed by 40pc Overview of WA public sector overhaul WA government slashes departments |