Peter Dutton has vowed to cut overall government spending if elected to government, reiterating his plans to scale back the public service.

Labor has called on the opposition leader to reveal the details of his plan, warning that fewer public servants would mean longer wait times to access services.

Mr Dutton said he would not detail exactly where the spending cuts would come from until after the federal election.

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    In the words of the Liberal party… “If you don’t know. Vote No!” So kindly f-off Mr Potato-head.

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    Mr Dutton said he would not detail exactly where the spending cuts would come from until after the federal election.

    It’s as if he knows that it’d be a whitewash if the voters knew what he intended.

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    It’s as if the Liberal Party studied at the US election and forgot to look at how their citizens, and the world for that matter, are reacting afterwards. We know what an efficiency department looks like now.

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    So, some sort of Department Of Government Effici— OH GAWD NO! Probably headed by Gina “Pwease don’t post my caricature portrait” Reinheart.

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    Apropos of absolutely nothing, the Italian partisans knew what to to with potatoheaded fascists.

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      Nah we’re just getting some second hand Soviet gear. Already disassembled! Just gotta go collect it ourselves.

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    I think it’s a safe bet that the “wasteful spending” won’t come from politician salaries and staff. As It always does it will come from frontline service delivery and programs that benefit society. They will make a big deal about how much they have saved, then people will start to complain about things like not being able to get their aged pension and they will quietly start increasing staff numbers again, ready to start the whole cycle again in a few years.