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PETITION: STOP GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FROM MISLABELLING TAXPAYER-FUNDED SERVICES AS ‘FREE’

Too often Government agencies mislead the public and disrespect taxpayers by claiming that many public services are ‘free’, when they are in fact taxpayer-funded.
We say that the fib by officials is both misleading, and corrosive to public trust in our institutions.
Sign the petition calling on the Government to prohibit public servants from using the word ‘free’ or similar and instead require them to clarify that the service or benefit is funded by the taxpayer.
I call on the Government to ban public servants from using the word ‘free’ to describing public services when they are in fact ‘taxpayer-funded’
1,036 signatures
Goal: 1,500 signatures
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Lori Mackie signed 2024-01-20 11:39:48 +1300 -
Mark Putt signed 2024-01-20 11:39:17 +1300 -
Ian Mosheim signed 2024-01-20 11:38:02 +1300 -
Graham Brown signed 2024-01-20 11:37:33 +1300 -
Noel Henderson signed 2024-01-20 11:36:53 +1300 -
Gordon Hassett signed 2024-01-20 11:36:53 +1300 -
Trevor Oliver signed 2024-01-20 11:36:39 +1300 -
Richard Compton signed 2024-01-20 11:36:30 +1300 -
Maggie Pimm signed 2024-01-20 11:36:13 +1300 -
Gayleen Putt signed 2024-01-20 11:35:39 +1300 -
Harry and Cynthia Van Beers signed 2024-01-20 11:34:44 +1300 -
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Peter Jones signed 2024-01-20 11:31:52 +1300 -
Geoff Neal signed 2024-01-20 11:30:32 +1300 -
Colin Hornett signed 2024-01-20 11:30:29 +1300 -
rose Anderson signed 2024-01-20 11:30:10 +1300 -
Carol Brooks signed 2024-01-20 11:29:37 +1300 -
Greg Lancaster signed 2024-01-20 11:29:09 +1300 -
Aaron Dixon signed 2024-01-20 11:28:41 +1300 -
Piyush Patel signed 2024-01-20 11:28:20 +1300 -
Scott Starling signed 2024-01-20 11:28:02 +1300 -
Murray Johnson signed 2024-01-20 11:27:40 +1300 -
Cynthia Munro signed 2024-01-20 11:27:11 +1300 -
Diane Taylor signed 2024-01-20 11:27:00 +1300 -
Janine Leighton signed 2024-01-20 11:26:17 +1300 -
Ingrid Goodenough signed 2024-01-20 11:25:28 +1300 -
Y A Braddock signed 2024-01-20 11:23:43 +1300 -
Graham Potter signed 2024-01-20 11:23:33 +1300 -
David Mackay signed 2024-01-20 11:23:20 +1300 -
Annie Law signed 2024-01-20 11:22:41 +1300