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Actually Rob, the Opposite Would Be Better

Rob Campbell believes in a fantasy and is writing fairy tales about it – that the Public Service Commissioner needs to be free from political interference.

Rob Campbell, the former unionist, turned corporate raider, turned woke womble is at it again. He’s writing fairy tales about a public service that long ago ceased to exist: a public service that used to serve but has now become hopelessly compromised politically and, more often than not, undermines its ministers and the government of the day.

But Rob Campbell thinks that the Public Service Commissioner role should be free of political interference.

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