The Taxpayers’ Union says the public service should immediately freeze its expanded diversity plan until it can prove existing initiatives have delivered a single measurable benefit to taxpayers. Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said:“MBIE has recently presided over catastrophic project failures, blown budgets and appalling financial controls. “Before spending another dollar, MBIE and Treasury must answer:What improvement to public service efficiency and productivity have existing DEI policies achieved? “MBIE is asking taxpayers to bankroll an ideological agenda it cannot show has improved a single public service outcome.” “The public service does not need more diversity bureaucracy.