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Flat White

Government and little people: the democratic divide in Danandrewstan

2 March 2021

4:00 AM

2 March 2021

4:00 AM

The disconnect between the protected public sector and mainstream Victorians was perfectly encapsulated by the Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance, David Martine, last week. Martine, giving evidence to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee said that the snap five-day lockdown of the entire state of Victoria would likely have a ‘minimal’ impact on Victoria’s public finances. 

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