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Don't Tell the Prime Minister (Scribe Short Books)
Don't Tell the Prime Minister - Scribe Short Books Author:Patrick Weller Focusing on the controversy surrounding asylum seekers in the November 2001 Australian federal election, this book explores false allegations and deliberate political lies that strongly influenced the campaign's outcomes. In a vivid account of these events and their aftermath, an expert witness at the senate hearings on the affair shows how mini... more »sters' staff and the senior public service failed to handle this highly charged issue effectively and how a politically astute prime minister managed not to know the truth about it. Argued is the notion that reforms are needed to make ministerial staff accountable and to restore confidence in the senior levels of the bureaucracy.« less