The PBO is clearly viewed as being at arms' length when it comes to independent number crunching. As it should!
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I'm not sure how widely that is understood. I think a treasury view is still seen by many as authoritative especially when portrayed by the media as such
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I have dealt with public servants over many years who have remarked about a change in culture within the public service. They comment about the gradual politicisation of the public service. Those remarks are often uncomplimentary.
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Well if all you care about is forecasts. But if you have brains and realise there is more to life pbo has limited capacity to advise and frankly expertise
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Australia is now fully fledged corporate fascist/police state. It's happened in my lifetime, and I can hardly believe it either. Labor will be little better because its beholden to the same interests. We're just the peasants on their corporate farm.pic.twitter.com/X4OiMaWzft
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What a load of rubbish. The Liberal Party believe in allowing the people to do as they wish as long as it does not infringe upon the rights of others. Fascism is a way of ruling that advocates total control of the people. I don't see that happening in Australia at all.
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First ScoMo gave us trickle down. Now comes his trickle up trick.
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Wouldn't he be in immediate breach of the aps code of conduct due to the perception of bias He brings?
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