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Labor pledges to maintain efficiency dividend at 1 per cent for four years

· Updated May 18 2022 - 7:10am, first published 5:30am
Senator Katy Gallagher in Ainslie announcing an ACT infrastructure project to be delivered under an Albanese Labor Government. Picture: Karleen Minney
Senator Katy Gallagher in Ainslie announcing an ACT infrastructure project to be delivered under an Albanese Labor Government. Picture: Karleen Minney

Labor has promised it would not force the public service to make billions in cuts over the next four years in the wake of Coalition plans to cut agency spending, resulting in thousands of possible job losses.

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.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal Politics Reporter

Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018.

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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