A push to slim down New Zealand’s unusually large number of ministerial portfolios is being met with caution. 

A report by the New Zealand Initiative's found comparable countries have a third of our 81 portfolios and is calling for a cull. 

PSA's national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says they don't object to a discussion around this. 

But she told Andrew Dickens it's taking place in a political context, driven by the ACT Party. 

Fitzsimons says David Seymour's been vocal about dismissing more public servants and moving to a model of privatisation. 

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A push to slim down New Zealand’s unusually large number of ministerial portfolios is being met with caution.&nbsp;
A report by the New Zealand Initiative's found comparable countries have a third of our 81 portfolios and is calling for a cull.&nbsp;
PSA's national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says they don't object to a discussion around this.&nbsp;
But she told Andrew Dickens it's taking place in a political context, driven by the ACT Party.&nbsp;
Fitzsimons says David Seymour's been vocal about dismissing more public servants and moving to a model of privatisation.&nbsp;
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Fleur Fitzsimons: PSA National Secretary on the call to cull ministerial portfolios

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