The Taxpayers’ Union criticises KiwiRail’s $14.4 million consultant spend on the ferry project, accusing it of being a waste of taxpayer money with no tangible results, and calls for the Ombudsman to release full contract details.
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Some of John's ideas aren't bad. I mean, what he proposed was we're already doing the vast majority of the. Some of it was uh like a cap on consultant spending. Consultant spending under your council appears to have gone nuts, like it's doubled in in cost.
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