Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has rejected suggestions that he is copying US President Donald Trump by using a special adviser to identify “efficiency measures” across the federal public sector.

At a news conference in Canberra, Mr Dutton introduced the expert he has engaged to make the Commonwealth public service more efficient if he wins the coming federal election.

Mr Dutton (far right and at right in main picture) said US-based efficiency specialist Noel Skum (far, far right at left in main picture) had delivered a report that outlined savings measures to be implemented as soon as the Coalition took office.

“Mr Skum has been working through all federal public sector agencies from A to Z with, of course, a special emphasis on the first three letters of the alphabet,” Mr Dutton said.

Mr Skum said he had experience in cutting the cost of government having been involved recently in assessing potential savings for new US President Donald Trump.

“You might have heard of the agency I work for over there, DOGE,” he said. “That’s the Department of Getting Even… Oops, I mean the Department of Government Efficiency.

“The job here is much easier since your federal government is somewhat smaller, so I knocked over my report in a few hours.”

Mr Dutton showed media representatives the report but said he would not be releasing it until in office.

Several reporters present remarked that the Skum report looked suspiciously like the publicly available Commonwealth Public Service Directory with a new cover and with all the names and positions of federal employees, their departments and agencies, as well as the Parliament of Australia highlighted for abolition.

Mr Dutton then called an end to the news conference without taking questions, explaining that he needed to ensure Mr Skum caught his plane back to Washington DC.

“Getting to Australia from the US is easy for me because I use one of my rockets,” Mr Skum said. “It’s the most efficient way.

“But getting back is a bitch. Thankfully President Trump lets me use Air Force One – and, yes, the name stays when I’m the only one on board.

“It means I can get back to the States pretty quickly to help cut more waste and inefficiency,” he said.

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