I just love a government that ignores experts and simply does whatever it wants because “We KnOw BeSt”. /s

It was like 30 mins between a story going up on stuff yesterday and Nicola Willis dismissing it in its entirely lol

The usual tactic is to cherry pick the bits they like. The IMF notoriously always tells countries to cut social spending, and they will eagerly do this while ignoring the part where it says to protect the most vulnerable.

They will ignore all the big recommendations like tax equitable tax reform.