Labor vows to abolish government staffing cap, cut contractor spend

By Doug Dingwall
Updated August 9 2018 - 9:47am, first published 7:40am

Labor will abolish a staffing cap for federal government agencies and cut their ballooning spend on private contractors if it wins the next election, the opposition's finance spokesman will announce on Thursday.

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