Greens Senator Barbara Pocock says a Coalition plan to slash federal public servants would in fact blow out government spending by returning to an over-reliance on private consultants, while Opposition leader Peter Dutton has appointed Senator Jacinta Price to a new role as Shadow Minister for Government Efficiency.
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