Canberrans are used to buying ‘ex-govvie’, from houses (not much on the market now) to pre-used chairs, desks, PCs, whiteboards and filing cabinets.
But the filing cabinet that made news was the one that had seemingly made its way from a senior ministerial or bureaucrat’s office to a Canberra ex-govvie disposal yard, still stuffed full of top secret –AUSTEO- Australian Eyes Only- contents uncleared.
The buyer of the filing cabinet (“needed one of those,”) got his or her acronyms mixed up.
Instead of handing the cabinet and its contents straight over to the AFP, off they went to the ABC where hands were collectively rubbed together at the treasure trove revealed.
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