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Sutherland Shire triathletes finished first and second in the men's MMJ Aquathon on Australia Day in Wollongong.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has left the details of his promised cuts to the Australian public service until after the election, saying his frontbench would easily find ways to trim the fat.

Asked how many federal public sector jobs he would cut, he said he wouldn't allow the public service to have more than 200,000 jobs, which is part of Labor's projections.