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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

How to rein in ACT spending? More public servants, inquiry says

The ACT needs more Treasury officials to track and rein in public spending, which has consistently grown faster than revenue and left the territory in a fiscally unsustainable position, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

The final report from the inquiry into the ACT's fiscal sustainability called for more transparent budget information and a more active pursuit of Commonwealth funding, but warned against raising taxes on Canberrans.

ACT Greens leader Jo Clay, who chaired the parliamentary inquiry into the ACT's fiscal sustainability, and Ed Cocks, the opposition's Treasury spokesman. Pictures by Keegan Carroll and Elesa Kurtz.
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