Infrastructure Policy
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RNZ : Tens of billions: Why the bill for planned Roads of National Significance keeps going up
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Cost-justification methods are framed as manipulated or untrustworthy
The use of the quote 'juiced by some convenient maths' and the explanation of changes in Treasury's Benefit Cost Ratio methodology imply that the economic rationale has been artificially inflated to support pre-determined outcomes.
“Has justifying our massive spend-up on roads been 'juiced by some convenient maths' or are New Zealanders not capable of seeing the big picture?”
Nine : Inland Rail news: Government pulls the plug on Barnaby Joyce 'pet project'
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infrastructure delivery framed as mismanaged and inefficient
[loaded_language], [omission], [framing_by_emphasis]
“The 2023 independent review found major deficiencies in the governance and delivery of Inland Rail by the Liberals and Nationals”