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Top bureaucrats don’t want to be criticised on social media, but their fix may be unconstitutional

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (930+ words) Australia’s top bureaucrats want parliament to curtail politicians posting clips to social media of senior public servants answering questions before parliamentary inquiries. The Secretaries Board is a committee of the heads of federal government departments, some of whom have million-dollar…...