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Consultants are making a motza. Just don’t ask what they’re being paid to do

Georgia Wilkins

Aug 11, 2021

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The government is sending our true history off a cliff — and few seem to mind

Jun 04, 2021

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Why you can’t say Josh Frydenberg is mean

Sep 02, 2020

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Coalition to counter falling polls with tax cuts, spending

Dec 18, 2018

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Someone should do something about me being so fat

Feb 02, 2018

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Crikey Worm: government slashes environment spending

Dec 13, 2017

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Memo to the Coalition: Australians want the government to spend more, not less, on social services, writes research economist <b>Warwick Smith</b>.

Australia is a high-tax country with a spending problem? Not so fast …

Jun 14, 2017

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Turnbull and Morrison stake their political future on a shift to the centre

May 09, 2017

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Better get used to the reality that total government expenses will stay at or above 26% of GDP, writes former APS senior executive <b>Greg Feeney</b>.

Big spending is the new normal

Dec 08, 2016

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Dear Scott, stop lying about the budget

Apr 15, 2016

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<em>Crikey</em> readers discuss government spending and other issues of the day.

Where govt spending should be directed

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Nov 24, 2015

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If you want to trim the fat of local government, start by looking at how much public service providers, like firefighters, get paid.

Mayne: are firies and council staff earning too much?

Jul 27, 2015

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