Deputy PM Richard Marles says cuts to public service jobs would have a significant impact on Geelong and the Surf Coast.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has flagged cuts to 41,000 public service jobs created since Labor took power.
Corio MP Mr Marles says that would significantly impact locals.
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“75 per cent of the increase in public servants since we’ve been in government are in the region,” he said.
“And for us in Geelong, almost 500 public servants have moved to the area in the past three years.”
Mr Marles says it’s not as simple as cuts saving money.
“It not only impacts peoples jobs, it impacts the services people receive from government in areas like disability.”
