‘We’ve made a mistake’: Peter Dutton backs down on work from home policy
‘We’ve made a mistake’: Peter Dutton backs down on work from home policy
The Coalition has also walked away from plans to sack 41,000 public service employees, raising questions about how it will pay for major election policies
I'm sure if elected he'll find some pretext to bring these policies back (or something even worse).
EDIT: Oh and "wasteful spending" starting to be linked to Trump/Musk/DOGE may be a good thing in the near to medium term, since it draws a line between cuts to public service and the US (which is currently toxic).
Yep, good to hear the in-laws echoing criticism of Dutton this weekend - because they're appalled he's intending to copy Trump and Musk
Labor had warned that major reductions to the public service could see welfare recipients and veterans forced to wait weeks or months for payments to be processed; Dutton had promised “frontline” positions would be spared, but hinted education and health department staff could be in the firing line.
Yep, education and health are definitely the first thing that have to go in order to control a population. The dumber and sicker they are, the easier they are to control.
A desperate population monkey dances wonderfully
Dutton is a hard right conservative. People like him want crack down on everything, wind back social programs like Medicare, get stuck into workers pay and conditions and screw up our relationship with major trading partners (like China). It’s pretty obvious that when he came out with those brain fart policies, he was speaking from the heart. The upshot is that he will revert as soon as he is PM.
Does Australia have Medicare?
Yes we have a good broad based system. A trip to the ER costs nothing. Many doctors visits are at least partially covered. I had to have overnight tests done which required a (public) hospital stay - no out of pocket. It's not perfect but it's pretty great compared to, say, the US. Conservative side of government would love to dismantle it and both sides chip away at it.
"we've made a mistake" says the bloke who failed to kill harry potter the first time.
Fucking potato looking cunt, will hundred percent bring this back if he gets in.
Great news honestly.
The implications is that their strategists have told them that the stench on Trump and Musk is going to sink them unless they can differentiate themselves.
Shit is gonna get real in the US this week.
The further Dutton has to distance himself from Trump the better.
Except he’s only doing it to get elected. Once in you know he’s going to hitch back up to the Trump train
Sure.
At least there's not going to be a wave of Trumpian style election promises though.
I'm hoping that him backing down from stuff won't play well with his base. They like someone who appears tough.
Albanese drawing a hard line on the biosecurity/pharmaceutical stuff with the US is a nice juxtaposition.
"Dick tater"
"Instead of removing 41,000 workers, the Coalition says it will now rely on natural attrition – or workers quitting their jobs – to reduce the public service."
Oh great so instead of getting severance pay they just make your job hell and wait for you to give up and quit
The importance of internal public sector roles such as communications is something we need to continue to talk about to people who are worried about governments wasting money. We need to make it apparent to everyone that they are essential for basic, frontline public systems to work effectively. Our schools, hospitals, pollution control, roads... all rely on 'backend' systems and communication between different arms of government.
The major tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas (yes, we're talking the US, not a poverty stricken nation) is becoming a problem because there are no communications between public health departments and agencies - because Trump has halted their funding.
What a bunch of numpties