Ritual dump of facts: General election has keyboard in hyperdrive

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Ritual dump of facts: General election has keyboard in hyperdrive

27 September 2023

Gabrielle Baker

Wednesday 27 September 2023, 01:00 AM

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Any new health minister can expect a load of briefings to read [Image: Tony Sebastian on Unsplash]

Whatever the outcome of polling day next month, public servants will be kept busy polishing their copy for the traditional briefings to the incoming minister, writes Gabrielle Baker

When I was a public servant, the months leading up to an election were punctuated with endless meetings about the “BIM” – that is, the briefing to the

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