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The decade-long campaign to fix a 30-year-old oversight to include the ACT Chief Minister wears on

Jasper Lindell
July 26 2021 - 3:30am
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, whose position is not recognised in the Commonwealth table of precedence. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, whose position is not recognised in the Commonwealth table of precedence. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

A diplomatic slight to the office of the ACT Chief Minister shows no sign of being fixed, more than 30 years after the territory was granted self government and more than a decade since the matter was raised with Commonwealth officials.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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