Morning everyone. Peter Dutton has made cost-cutting a central part of his re-election pitch, with a focus on reversing Labor’s expansion of the public service. But what do the new hires do – and are they actually in Canberra?
Plus: today’s inflation numbers could be a make-or-break moment for a February interest rates cut (and pretty significant for the election). We also have more on what dentistry tells us about the state of the nation, the latest on the AI stock market wobble, and how a very famous lady might get her own room in Paris.
