The Government has accused National of lazy research work...after the Opposition claimed we're spending 700-thousand-dollars a day on various inquiries
The Government has accused National of lazy research work...after the Opposition claimed we're spending 700-thousand-dollars a day on various inquiries
9 December 2018
National says there are now 206 reviews and working groups, with a projected cost of about 280-million-dollars.
It says the coalition is outsourcing the thinking it should have done in opposition.
But State Services Minister Chris Hipkins says a lot of what's being done is actually core government work.
He says nearly half the spending is on the Royal Commission into abuse in state care, and the Pike River Recovery.
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