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Coalition plan to increase APS efficiency dividend 'ill-conceived'

Sarah Basford Canales
Harley Dennett
Updated May 17 2022 - 5:20pm, first published 3:00pm

A Coalition plan to cut $2.7 billion in public service spending over the next four years has prompted concerns of a further "hollowing out" of expertise, with thousands of jobs facing the cutting room floor.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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