Treasurer says ‘we take no outcome of any election for granted’. Follow today’s news liveLabor’s Katy Gallagher to give speech defending public serviceLabor frontbencher Katy Gallagher wears many hats but this morning, she will deliver a speech about the state of the public service – one of her portfolios – amid the Coalition’s proposed slash-and-burn of the bureaucracy.At a time when Australians are facing real cost of living pressures, these cuts would mean longer wait times for critical payments and reduced support for those who need it most.It’s the same old, lazy playbook – cut jobs, outsource work and watch as policy capability collapses as Australians pay the price with a public service unable to deliver on their behalf.Of course, that’s a possibility. You know, we take, we take no outcome of any election for granted.One of the things that we’ve shown a capacity to do is regenerate under the same leader.My expectation and my hope is, if we do win the election next year, that Anthony Albanese serves the full term and runs again, that’s what I would expect to happen.Well, I think we’ve one of the things that we’ll be taking to the Australian people is a sense of stability, a sense that we’ve got an economic plan.We’re rolling that out in difficult times, we’re helping people where we can, and that’s a tribute to Anthony’s leadership Continue reading…
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Author : Catie McLeod
Publish date : 2024-12-04 22:13:20
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