For just over a century, the public service has been building capital city monoliths to centralise power, decision-making and policy direction at the expense of the very people they are meant to serve.
They have become increasingly removed from many communities their policies have a direct impact on and are increasingly devoid of practical understanding and empathy of the plight of rural and regional areas being marginalised at a greater speed than any time since the arrival of the First Fleet.
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