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A politicised public service?(Editorial)
THERE HAS BEEN a good deal of comment in recent years about the politicisation of the public service, especially at its upper levels. This applies in varying forms to both the Commonwealth and state public services. There is no doubt some truth in this. There is an increasing number of political appointments and promotions in the career public service such that the career employees are more and more suborned to the wishes of the government of the day.
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Source: HighBeam Research, A politicised public service?(Editorial)