New tax and housing policies are latecomers to the campaign agenda that will dominate debate. Medicare and a nuclear energy fight are also in the conversation.
The latest tweak to the opposition’s policy comes days after it said that natural attrition and a hiring freeze would reduce the public service by 41,000 jobs.
The opposition leader has made a necessary decision to stage a big policy shift so he can assure voters – especially women.
Dutton will face questions about whether the Coalition can find $7 billion in savings now that the party has ruled out forced redundancies from the public service.
Just 7000 new public service jobs have been created in Canberra under Labor,forcing the Coalition to cut 34,000 jobs from the rest of Australia or gut the capital.
Tuesday night’s budget shows the government has added 41,411 public servants since 2022,fuelling a political fight over the public service and government spending.
Peter Dutton says federal public servants will need to return to the office full-time if the Coalition wins. Experts warn it will lead to an exodus of skilled women.
While it’s true Labor has hired 36,000 public servants since 2022,most of them aren’t located where the Coalition leader believes them to be.
An exclusive survey shows there is one Trump policy most Australians want,and “drill,baby,drill” is also quite popular.
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes spent her summer studying the state’s books. She is deeply troubled by what she found.