
Rorting the system
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny
The Complexity of Government Governance
Political staff are really convenient for elected elites because they can kind of do a lot of the things that you set around shielding the minister from certain kinds of knowledge. The thing is though, sorry to cut you off. Do they exercise ministerial authority? Well, they're not supposed to, but in practice, we know that that has happened. I think it happens on a regular basis at some level. But what I'm saying is that in their dealings with senior public service, they speak for the minister in his dealings with them. And this is pretty much central to what they do aAussies find out about sports sports as well. It's been found out by one of the proper and
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