TONY Abbott appears ready to risk an election over the federal budget as he warns Senators to approve deep cuts to spending despite outcries against changes to health and welfare. Spectre do Double Dissolution
The federal bureaucracy is poised for its greatest loss of staff since the early years of the Howard government. However, the Abbott government's budget will hit the public service more softly than the Coalition's rhetoric had suggested, and its spending cuts are less harsh than those the previous Labor government had planned.
Civilian government agencies will shed 7336 full-time equivalent jobs over the coming year, offset by the recruitment of an extra 2744 military personnel.
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