Fact or Fiction: contested housing advice, electoral law, the pandemic
Public servants are not elected to make decisions but appointed to give ‘free and frank advice’.
Brent Edwards
Sat, 01 May 2021
One of the big political stories this week was confirmation the government ignored at least some of the official advice it received before announcing its housing package in March.
Specifically, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development was unimpressed with the plan to remove interest
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Brent Edwards
Sat, 01 May 2021
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