Labor to slash more consultant costs and increase visa charges to pay for fresh election commitments
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government has dug out last-minute savings of more than A$7 billion, to ensure its election commitments are more than offset in every year of the forward estimates.
Its costings, released Monday, include savings of $6.4 billion from further reducing spending on consultants, contractors and labour hire, as well as non-wage expenses including...
