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Podcast: Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic
Episode: Senate estimates: what is it, why it matters, and how governments can muck about with it
Description: Senate estimates in the Australian Parliament is a critical forum during which elected representatives ask questions of ministers, department heads and other public servants to work out how prudently taxpayer funds are being spent. Coalition Senator Simon Birmingham give us a quick guide to Senate processes and also points to some of the ways in which Senators might get frustrated with attempts to keep some issues from the view of those that pay them to run the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.