Public Service Jobs, WFH on the Line as Poll Battle Lines Form
Public servants are on the Coalition’s chopping block and those working from home are being told to go back to the office as the major parties draw up election battle lines. Some 36,000 workers will be axed under a Coalition government, Opposition Finance Spokeswoman Jane Hume confirmed, vowing to bring the public service headcount back to pre-2022 levels. “We think that the 36,000 public servants that have been brought on haven’t demonstrated that the improvements to the services, to the public, have been corresponding,” she told Sky News on Sunday. Senator Hume said there would be no cut to frontline services, although where the cuts would come from hasn’t been detailed. The Coalition has also criticised public servants for working from home too much, saying they would see workers return to the office. However, Labor estimates transport and parking would cost workers about $5,000 a year if they had to
