Simeon Brown: Advertising spending by public sector, Crown agencies up 122 percent since 2017
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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A call for the Government to show more restraint, with its spending on advertising.
Newstalk ZB can reveal advertising spending by public sector and Crown agencies has increased 122 percent since 2017.
The Government says the spending is needed to provide critical information about issues like Covid.
But National's Public Services Spokesperson Simeon Brown told Roman Travers much of the increased spending has nothing to do with the pandemic.
He says a lot of the money is being used to sell Government policies, like the Three Waters reforms and Road to Zero initiative.
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