Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton announced a retraction of his party's previous hardline policies regarding public servants, which included mandatory in-office work and significant job cuts. Dutton acknowledged the mistake and emphasized the need for efficiency in public spending. The shift marks the Liberal Party's first major policy change in light of the upcoming election called by Prime Minister Albanese. Critics, including Albanese, dismiss Dutton's new stance as disingenuous, linking it to broader trends in the United States and highlighting potential adverse impacts on women in the workforce.
I think we made a mistake in relation to this policy. I think it's important that we say that and recognize it and our intention was to make sure that where taxpayers are working hard and their money is being spent to pay wages that it's being spent efficiently.
He's now pretending that that program won't proceed.
This is DOGE-y Dutton taking his cues and policies straight from the U.S.
The government's argument was centered on the idea that reducing workplace flexibility would disproportionately disadvantage women because they often had greater child care responsibilities.
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