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Did the then Public Service Commissioner issue an email or communication to agencies or departments or ministries directing them to withdraw election material from agency or departments or ministries in 2017?

Answered Question 33869 (2026)
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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • Did the then Public Service Commissioner issue an email or communication to agencies or departments or ministries directing them to withdraw election material from agency or departments or ministries in 2017?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

Answer

No. However, I am advised that the general election guidance issued by the Public Service Commission (the Commission) has always been clear on this point. In 2017, the Commission’s guidance stated: “The content of any material made available to members in the workplace, however, must not be in the nature of political party advertising, under the banner of the union.”