Analysis

State of the Service Report: Public service shiny-bum jokes are starting to wear a bit thin

Mark Kenny
November 24 2022 - 5:30am
Scott Morrison basically told public servants to stay out of the ideas business. Picture by Elesa Kurtz
Scott Morrison basically told public servants to stay out of the ideas business. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

During my years in the Press Gallery choir, the House Howlers, we did a few shows with a slightly less irreverent outfit called The Shiny-bum Singers.

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Mark Kenny

Mark Kenny

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Mark Kenny is The Canberra Times' political analyst and a professor at the ANU's Australian Studies Institute. He hosts the Democracy Sausage podcast. He writes a column every Sunday.

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