The Australian Council of Trade Unions is among many who are condemning the Coalition’s plan to slash 36,000 public service jobs if it wins the federal election. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is among many who are condemning the Coalition’s plan to slash 36,000 public service jobs if it wins the federal election.

The ACTU said on February 25 the cuts would mean one in five public sector workers would be out of their job, badly affecting services from pensions and veterans’ payments, to the operation of regional weather stations.