Coalition to Sharpen Public Service Razor

Noel Towell, Public Service Reporter for The Canberra Times, writes:
The Coalition will hit the public service with a bigger efficiency dividend if elected on Saturday, ripping another $428 million from departmental budgets.

The new cuts, on top of the opposition's plan to axe 12,000 public service jobs, were announced on Thursday as part of the Coalition's long-awaited policy costings.

The savings plan also includes caps on public sector consultancies, advertising and travel.

The cuts are additional to Labor's increased efficiency dividend, which demands most departments and agencies strip 2.25 per cent from their annual budgets.


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