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The Importance Of Free And Frank Advice From The Public Service, Matthew S. R. Palmer Qc Nov 2013

The Importance Of Free And Frank Advice From The Public Service, Matthew S. R. Palmer Qc

The Hon Justice Matthew Palmer

There has been a systematic diminution in the quality of policy advice in the New Zealand executive government between about 1998 and 2008. That has been associated with a diminution in the willingness of public servants to provide free and frank advice. Leadership at senior political and bureaucratic levels is required to address this as well as cultural change throughout the policy capacity of the New Zealand public service.