Lawrence Springborgs' promise to save $1 Billion in waste from the state budget is a clever one; straight out of the Krudd playbook on how to look economically responsible without costing yourself a vote.
Rudd's efficiency dividend didn’t cost him many votes because public servants will, by and large, vote for the ALP regardless of policy.
It won’t cost Springborg much either because the only people against the policy (public servants and assorted lefties) wouldn't vote for him anyway.
In addition to making the opposition look economically responsible, it paints the government into a corner, because they can’t match the dividend without admitting to having being wasteful and their alternative – defending public service jobs - is not a vote winner with the broader community.
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