Anthony Albanese to make announcement in Alice Springs Friday morning. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDutton coy on what public servant jobs he will slash if he wins electionPeter Dutton, of course, says he wants to cut the size of the federal government and has promised to slash civil service jobs in what appears to be an attempt to live up to the Howard dictum.It’s a huge mistake for a centre-Right party to assume that a disgruntled conservative has “nowhere else to go”. That arrogant attitude cost the Liberal party in Australia dear in the 2022 election. In the UK they now have Reform to go to.These are the invariable default definitions trotted out. Yet the reality often falls short, and that creates a credibility deficit. The voting public will no longer accept the excuse that taxes would be higher under leftwing governments as a substitute for actual tax relief under conservative ones.Central to the success of future centre-right governments will be their capacity to actually deliver on tax and smaller government – and not just talk. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-02-06 20:14:37
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