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Day 26 cont

“#PeterDutton has pledged to cut almost two-thirds of Canberra’s federal #PublicServants if elected, in a move #AnthonyAlbanese has criticised as “outrageous”.

In a testy press conference in #Tasmania on Thursday morning, the opposition leader batted away questions about not visiting a single proposed #NuclearPower station site, as well as confusion over shifting positions on #migration targets, tax breaks for #ElectricVehicles and #Coalition support for recognising #WestJerusalem as #Israel’s capital.”
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“The numbers don’t even stack up, you can’t cut 41,000 public servants from Canberra without touching defence, intelligence and frontline services, and still run the country effectively – it simply isn’t possible,”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Policy <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/24/anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-aps-public-service-cuts-canberra>