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Edwards on Politics
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Does government spending make a difference to people’s lives?

ANALYSIS: Auditor-General’s Office worries that too often we simply don’t know.

Brent Edwards Thu, 16 Dec 2021

Few would have bothered to read the Auditor-General’s report on the government’s financial statements for the 2020-21 year but it should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in our democracy.

One of key powers a government has is being able to tax us and then spend our money. Just how

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Brent Edwards Thu, 16 Dec 2021
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