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Government could listen better to public service advice: report

'If a government can become comfortable with the public service–with an adequate level of trust–it can become like a well-oiled machine that is invaluable in pushing things along,' says one expert in a new PPF report

The federal government could help to rebuild trust between the senior levels of the public service and ministers by placing more trust in the advice of senior officials and not making efforts to "work around the bureaucracy" or "guard information," a new report on the public service said last wee...

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