Public service
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- Australia votes
The Trump policies Australians hate – and the ones they want here
An exclusive survey shows there is one Trump policy most Australians want, and “drill, baby, drill” is also quite popular.
- David Crowe
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Jac the Knife: New treasurer signals major budget surgery
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes spent her summer studying the state’s books. She is deeply troubled by what she found.
- Chip Le Grand
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- Victorian Parliament
Facing the chop: State public service review to target highest-paid bureaucrats
Between 2000 and 3000 people are expected to lose their jobs, saving the state government billions of dollars, Treasurer Jaclyn Symes says.
- Rachel Eddie, Hannah Hammoud and Chip Le Grand
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- Jacinta Price
Departments reveal how many diversity and inclusion roles exist
The Coalition’s vow to slash diversity and inclusion roles in the public service will only deliver it a sliver of savings in its quest to cut thousands of jobs.
- Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Dutton borrows from Abbott: ‘I won’t cut frontline public services’
Tony Abbott broke his 2013 promise of no cuts to health, education or the ABC. Peter Dutton just made a similar promise of no cuts to frontline public services.
- James Massola
- Opinion
- Infrastructure
A public service announcement on the public toilet crisis
With cafes limiting toilet use to paying customers and public toilets seemingly impossible to find (or too horrific to face), we need answers on what to do when nature calls.
- Thomas Mitchell
‘Straight from the Trump playbook’: Dutton flags cultural diversity jobs are in the firing line
The opposition leader says such programs and positions “do nothing to improve the lives of everyday Australians”.
- Olivia Ireland
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Right idea, wrong target: How Dutton’s 36,000 job cuts will leave him exposed
Getting rid of thousands of public servants in Canberra sounds like a vote winner, until the voters realise that the services on which they rely won’t be there any more.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- Federal budget
Dutton’s enthusiasm for DOGE is just old tricks with a new name
Elon Musk says he can make the American government great again with deep spending cuts. It’s a lesson that could end in trouble for Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
- Shane Wright
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- Pay
The secret entitlement NSW MPs can spend any way they choose
Depending on where their electorate is, politicians are entitled to an allowance ranging from $70,000 a year to $200,000. No one monitors how it is spent.
- Alexandra Smith
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