In 2010 the whole of the public sector made up 19.7% of NZ’s total workforce. In 2023 it made up 18.8%. Claims there has been an explosion in the public sector are pure spin to justify sacking hard working Kiwis to pay for unaffordable tax cuts. This govt has the wrong priorities

If the public service is so bloated with underperforming and under-utilised staff, isn't that the fault of the Chief Executives of each ministry? And if that's the case, why then are they not being fired alongside the 'useless' staff being made redundant? The Panel

So Erica Stanford MP is hiring consultants on the one hand, while making back office (read policy advisors and curriculum writers) redundant.

It’s on a par with the stupidity of borrowing money in order to give rich people tax cuts, but no one’s that stupid are they?

So Checkpoint by 'more resources', does Graham mean more back office staff? Because that's what it sounds like. And if that's the case, what does it say about our current political direction regarding our public service?

Want to see the billionaires who are paying to get Trump back into power?

As the public sector cuts occur, it's worth knowing that the term 'frontline' is a spin. Jobs being cut include speech therapy for children with learning difficulties, people supporting children with disabilities etc. It's not all spin-doctors and middle management.

“We’re cutting 400 jobs which will improve our delivery of services for our most at risk kids”

Yeah, I don’t know but forgive me for being a tad sceptical.

Rupert Murdoch is a stain on journalistic integrity and on democracies where he has media organisations. And he’ll die without ever having faced real accountability.