Peter Dutton has said a re-elected Coalition government would not launch an independent inquiry to identify areas of inflated government spending, despite the opposition mounting continued attacks on Labor’s expenditure and pledging to reduce government inefficiency in the lead up to the election.
Appearing on ABC’s Insiders, the Opposition leader said he would not follow former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott in promising a National Commission of Audit style inquiry, to identify savings and sustainability issues, and instead his government would do it themselves.
“We’re not having a similar style audit, but many of us have sat around the expenditure review committee....
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