Bruce Cotterill: Govt has fiddled as big issues festered

In doing so, I find myself lamenting the state of most of the things that we once took for granted. Those distractions include a desire to be seen leading on the international stage. It’s taken a generation to ruin our once world-class education system and it will take a generation at least to turn it around fully. Many of those who will apply are already here, working in the health system and facing an anxious wait for such news. Distractions that include Three Waters, the media merger, health system centralisation, tertiary centralisation, and meaningless climate change initiatives.