Spending plans remain murky with the Coalition leader having suggested at least three different ways that the ‘savings’ could be used
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Peter Dutton’s murky and contradictory plans to slash the public service got a little clearer this week, as he appeared to suggest he wanted to cut essentially all the new public servants Labor has employed since coming to office, and use the savings to pay for Medicare boosts.
But this is at least the third way Dutton has pledged to redirect “savings” from the public service, raising questions about how he would pay for various promises.
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