To slash or not to slash public service jobs? That’s the question Dutton finally clarified (kind of)

Liberal leader Peter Dutton (left) and Nationals leader David Littleproud (right) have been hard to pin down on spending cuts. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Coalition wants to slash so-called “wasteful” government spending, and Canberra is firmly in its sights.

More specifically, Peter Dutton wants to trim what the Coalition claims is excess fat off the federal bureaucracy.