Australia's Opposition party leader, Peter Dutton, confirmed on Thursday that the Coalition's plan to cut 41,000 public service jobs will only affect positions based in Canberra.

This has raised concerns about how the cuts can be made without impacting frontline or national security roles, especially since only about a third of public servants work in Canberra.

Dutton explained that some of the job reductions could come from not filling current vacancies.

Meanwhile, Nationals leader David Littleproud supported this idea, saying there were many publicly funded positions that remain........

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