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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amanda Meade, Josh Butler and Sarah Basford Canales

Dutton refuses to rule out ABC cuts and repeatedly declines meeting with chair Kim Williams, sources say

Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton rebuffed a question at a press conference on Wednesday on whether public servants' families deserved certainty about whether their jobs would be at risk if he won the election. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Peter Dutton has not ruled out cuts to the ABC and is still refusing to say which public servants will be axed as part of his plan to slash 41,000 jobs, despite repeating concern about Australians struggling to pay bills.

Dutton swerved questions on Wednesday about where and how he would trim what he dubbed “waste” in the federal government, but he committed to releasing costings on his public service cuts before the election on 3 May.

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