The prime minister is slashing the number of government departments from 18 to 14 to 'bust bureaucratic congestion'. AusPol 9News
* Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications."Obviously the public service has a very significant role to play and there needs to be stability within the public service," Mr Marles told Sky News.
"I think it's really important - particularly at this time, given all the challenges that we're facing - that the government is managing the public service in a way which maintains stability and ultimately maintains morale." Earlier this year, the prime minister said the Australian Public Service needed to "evolve" and in some cases "conventional wisdom needs to be challenged".© AAP 2019
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