Criticising the public service is no longer a vote winner

Australians have overwhelmingly rejected a coal-toting, disaster holidaying, blame-shifting prime minister, and public servants emphatically let it be known that they’re tired of being election fodder. 

‘Public servants in Canberra’ are often used, particularly by the conservatives, during election campaigns in a bid to win votes. The Coalition has long been prepared to criticise the bureaucracy and promise slashes to public sector funding during election campaigns.

The thinking is that the rest of the country couldn’t care less about ‘fat cats in Canberra’ and pandering to such a sentiment will go well at the ballot box.