We just did some numbers using APS employment data:

Let’s assume it’s true that all these jobs will be in Canberra ACT. There were only 69,438 APS jobs in Canberra in Dec 2024. (Not 110,000 like Hume said)

Now let’s exclude:

• Frontline services
  • Services Australia
  • ATO
  • Dept of Veteran’s Affair
• National Security
  • Defence
  • Home Affairs
  • Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
  • Office of National Intelligence
  • Australian Submarine Agency
  • Defence Housing Australia
  • Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

This leaves 46,293 jobs, so the Coalition costing assumes that nearly 90% (88.6%) of Canberra’s APS will resign over five years.

What if the Dept of Health counts as frontline? Now we’re assuming 99.2% of people quit.

What if the War Memorial is protected (375 people) now we’re guessing that over 100% of people resigned.