“Look, that’s the Treasury. That’s where they keep the money.”
The dad was pointing out Canberra landmarks to his small son and I had no intention of correcting him.
Treasury isn’t where they “keep the money”, but right now they’re wearing a lot of egg on their faces. Treasury officers like to consider themself the creme de la creme of the public service (although Foreign Affairs would beg to differ).
After the discovery of the unexpected $60 billion JobKeeper, most Canberrans are keeping their opinions to themselves because undeniably, irrefutably, two of the most vital federal government departments — Treasury and the ATO...
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