Canberra, April 7 -- Australia's opposition party has abandoned its plan to end work-from-home arrangements for public servants and cut 41,000 bureaucracy jobs, in a major policy reversal ahead of the general elections.
Peter Dutton, leader of the opposition Coalition, announced the policy shift on Monday, admitting the party "made a mistake" and "got it wrong" with the plan that had proved unpopular with voters.
He said that a Coalition government will not change current flexible working arrangements, including work-from-home policies, for federal public servants.
Instead of cutting 41,000 public service jobs to reduce government spending, Dutton said that a Coalition government would reduce the public service workforce over five years th...