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Australia’s opposition scraps pledge to end remote work for public servants

Australia's leader of the opposition Liberal Party, Peter Dutton refuels a car in Carrick, Tasmania, Australia, April 6, 2025 [Thomas Lisson/AAP Images via AP]

Australia’s main opposition party has scrapped election pledges to end remote work arrangements for public servants and sack tens of thousands of government employees amid declining support in the polls.

Peter Dutton, the leader of the centre-right Liberal Party, said on Monday that he recognised the proposals were a “mistake”.

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