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Mr Brown’s Diary: Week 8 – snip those ribbons
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REPORTER’S DIARY
Mr Brown’s Diary: Week 8 – snip those ribbons
Friday 21 March 2025, 03:32 PM

Health minister Simeon Brown’s eighth week in the job has featured sods, ribbons and a dust-up with the not-the-health police [Image: Canva composite]
Scissors at the ready as health minister Simeon Brown got in front of the cameras this week to cut some ribbons and press the flesh. Senior reporter Martin Johnston takes a look at what the week entailed
Between bouts of ribbon snipping this week, health minister Simeon Brown has ramped up the Coalition’s campaign against its health officials taking a
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