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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: What actually is this waste we're cutting?
Description: Savage and rushed. That’s how the Public Service Association is describing the Government’s crackdown on public sector spending, after another 1,000 job cuts were announced yesterday alone. Taking the total so far to more than 3,000. I’m going to add “flying blind” to that description. Because I think these cuts are starting to look like cuts for the sake of cuts. And I think everyone involved —the Government, the bosses of all the government departments, the unions— I think they’re all flying blind. More on that shortly. But first, I’m going to do my Nicola...