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The Public Service Association says the Health Minister is blaming officials for slow Official Information Act (OIA) responses when his government's cuts are at fault.
The Ombudsman stepped in over official documents slated for "proactive release" for an official information request first made in March. The final documents related to the request were not released until November.
Simeon Brown's office has demanded improvement from officials, telling the Ombudsman the delays were in part caused by the volume of OIA requests.
"The delays in this case have been in part due to a higher number of OIAs on the Government's health reforms causing r
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