Australia’s opposition leaders abandoned their election commitments and after a counterattack, the civil servant’s families chose to terminate their work.

Peter Dutton said Monday that his Liberal National League “made a mistake” and apologized.

Australians will vote in the May 3 election, and the coalition puts the policy as part of a package – including thousands of layoffs – aimed at improving efficiency in the public sector.

However, critics, including the current Labor government, said ending family arrangements would be disproportionately unfavorable.

“We made a mistake, and we apologize for this,” Dutton told reporters at a press conference.

He said the policy was targeted only on public service workers in Canberra, but accused Labour of portraying it in other ways in the “smear movement.”

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume said the alliance now proposes no changes to flexible work arrangements.

“We have listened and learned that flexible work, including from home, is the best part of any workforce,” she said in a statement.

The coalition also articulates its proposal to lay off 41,000 public service efforts to help fund its other policy commitments. People have long asked for a detailed introduction to which department it would find savings, and a key party figure suggested forced layoffs at the dining table.

But Ms Hume said on Monday that the party – if elected – would try to achieve a five-year reduction through recruitment freezes and natural loss.

She said the league “never” said there would be forced to lay off employees and “always plan to wisely reduce the size of public services over time.”

Dutton seemed to be in conflict with her, saying, “In this regard, we have made the policy wrong and we have clearly stated our position.”

The Labor government seized on policy changes during the election campaign on Monday.

Employment Minister Murray Watt told the ABC: “It just shows that Peter Dutton is spread throughout the store.

“But the problem for him is that he can change his words, but he can’t change his identity.”

Recently, some government and industry leaders around the world have been working hard to dominate the flexibility of the workplace.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day of office that requires government employees to return to the office five days a week, and companies like Amazon also require employees to return to the office full-time.

But the policy is unpopular in Australia, and the vote shows that the cost of living is a major issue for most voters.