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The Coalition has also walked away from plans to sack 41,000 public service employees, raising questions about how it will pay for major election policies

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Great news honestly.

The implications is that their strategists have told them that the stench on Trump and Musk is going to sink them unless they can differentiate themselves.

Shit is gonna get real in the US this week.

The further Dutton has to distance himself from Trump the better.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Except he’s only doing it to get elected. Once in you know he’s going to hitch back up to the Trump train

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm hoping that him backing down from stuff won't play well with his base. They like someone who appears tough.

Albanese drawing a hard line on the biosecurity/pharmaceutical stuff with the US is a nice juxtaposition.

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