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Ken Henry — An Economic Odyssey

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Risks of Tony Abbott's Government

In 2006, a Canberra Times article mentions you putting in 100 hour weeks at the Treasury. Was that something unique to Treasury? Because it's got things like budget week. It has to deal with B, something unique to the reform era and the sort of esprit de corps of the 80s and 90s. See something unique to senior officials or do something unique to Ken Henry.? Uh, B and A and probably in that order. Um, That was I was not unique. There were a team of us who were working those sorts of hours... But there were several times in my treasury career when yes, I did work those sorts of ridiculous hours.

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