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Two narratives compete about public administration. One is captured by Georgetown University’s Dan Honig in his new book, Mission Driven Bureaucrats. It assumes government can make a positive ...

Peter Dutton’s declaration that he will not stand next to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags turns the arc of Australian history off the path it seemed to be on thirty years ago. Then, in ...

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