This is a common practice in politics and local government of late to spend large amounts of money under the guise of consulting services or similar… The example from the article says…
Figures showed that during the six-month taskforce review, $730,000 was spent on the project team, $420,000 on consultants Capital Insight, $331,000 for the taskforce and $200,000 on a cost-benefit analysis report.
Taskforce set up to review Royal Hobart Hospital project blows its own budget
So are your taxpayers dollars being used wisely by the so called “Adults in Charge” politicians?