There’s been a final twist in the saga over Peter Dutton’s pledge to drastically reduce the size of the public service.
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00:00It began with a clear statement of intent.
00:06We'll reverse Labor's increase of 41,000 Canberra public servants.
00:10But on the home stretch, the language appears to have softened.
00:14Natural attrition and a hiring freeze.
00:16All in Canberra.
00:18Focused on Canberra, absolutely.
00:20Focused on Canberra.
00:22Jane made a sensible point, which is this will be done by natural attrition.
00:26Natural attrition comes everywhere.
00:28In Canberra only or elsewhere?
00:29Well, no. Natural attrition happens everywhere.
00:32It's a development the local Liberal candidate has welcomed.
00:35We had 41,000 increase in public service across APS, across the country.
00:41So having that to come off just from Canberra, that's the issue.
00:46But not one Labor is convinced by.
00:49Well, honestly, I think Peter Dutton has been clear from day one that he's targeting Canberra.
00:54It's a policy that has caught the attention of some voters getting in early.
00:58That would really cripple just the local Canberra economy.
01:01So it's pretty much unrealistic to do something like that.
01:04But it hasn't drowned out other topics of national interest.
01:08Everyone's struggling.
01:10I mean, I'm 56 years old and I never thought I'd be living this life at this age.
01:16The key thing is protecting Australia as a nation. That's the key.
01:20Yeah. So we should fight for what is right for this nation.
01:23While the territory's lower house seats aren't expected to change, all eyes will be on a hotly contested Senate race with the three protagonists leaning in to well-rehearsed messages.
01:35We are 12 interest rate hikes, so that's a key issue.
01:38I'm hearing from a lot of people about the desire for a bigger vision for our country.
01:44If we have a Peter Dutton as Prime Minister, this city is going to be savaged.
01:49Final pitches to a weary electorate.
01:52This city has grown as a century and is a new place for the next day.
01:57I'm a real celebrity.
01:58It's going to be very a big creature.
01:59I'm going to be so upbeat and sad.
02:00I'm going to be so proud of you.
02:01Let's see if you've never heard of this.
02:02You can hear this and see if you've never heard of this.
02:03I'm going to see a couple of different things ever.
02:04A couple of different things.
02:05I have to be so proud of this.
02:06Too far of the simplicity, but I'm going to be a part of this.
02:08I need to be a part of this.
02:09I've got a pretty nice job of this one because I've got some great ideas in the future.
02:11I've got a very little bit of it.
02:12I've got some of the time that we need to do this.
02:13I've got a lot of all ideas from the country.