Peter Dutton is promising to slash the public service. Voters won’t know how many jobs are lost until after the election
- Written by Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
Oakland Images/ShutterstockOpposition Leader Peter Dutton has doubled down on his commitment to sack thousands of public servants if he’s elected prime minister.
Dutton has again highlighted the “wasteful” 36,000 increase in public service jobs under Labor, which he says has made the Australian Public service “bloated and...













