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There are claims the labour-led Government is the 'most-spun' government in history. It has emerged within the last five years, government agencies have taken on 210 extra communications staff and contractors.
That takes the total number of spin doctors within the party to a whopping 448, costing close to $50 million.
National's State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says it has been a cunning plan in the making for some time. He says with the Electoral Finance Act coming into play, the only big spending will be by the government, pushing its own barrow.
Gerry Brownlee says the public are being fed more propaganda than fact.
-NEWSTALK ZB