Consultants and contractors now outnumber public servants in Defence Department

By Noel Towell
Updated February 22 2017 - 2:13pm, first published February 20 2017 - 12:00am
Mongrel punter: Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson. Photo: Jay Cronan
Mongrel punter: Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson. Photo: Jay Cronan

The Defence Department's boss has warned he will be a "mongrel" if his executives do not trim the numbers of public servants working at the giant department.

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