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Tony Harris

Tony Harris

Tony Harris is a former NSW auditor-general.

Former NSW auditor-general Tony Harris.

Healthscope’s ills point to unhealthy connection between public patients and private profit

NSW has been privatising government services since the early ’90s. It has cost taxpayers billions.

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Dyson cartoon; re public service , freedom of speech, Age Letters 8 August 2019

To be frank, our public service has been far from fearless - and well before robo-debt

Time and time again, public servants have been cowed by their political masters, even when it means breaking the law. It’s time to restore faith in our public service.

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The Berejiklian government is the latest to come up with a shady plan to improve its budget.

‘Vehicles for deception’: Transport plan fails the truth test

The government thinks it can fool credit rating agencies, but even they must be able to see through the accounting scam.

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Former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate says she’d “love an apology” from Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

When politics trumped the law, injustice was delivered post-haste to Christine Holgate

The removal of a masterful Australia Post chief executive was an exercise

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Peter Dutton and Bridget McKenzie are both accused of playing politics with public money.

McKenzie, Dutton put democracy at risk with actions that reek of playing politics with public money

All the evidence points to accepted standards being trashed.

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