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Ramifications of Australian public servant accountability report

OPINION: There is an undercurrent in Wellington that the days of free and frank advice are over.

NBR columnist Brigitte Morten speaks with Brent Edwards.

In recent years, the tradition of public servants acting as ‘faceless bureaucrats’ has been done away with.

The Labour Government elevated public servants, particularly Dr Ashley Bloomfield, to the podium during the pandemic. This has meant that, for some people, they hold people such as

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