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Esther Linder

'Tea and biscuit' time for fine dining public servants

Education boss Tony Cook says officials will no longer eat high on the hog at restaurants. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Dining out on the taxpayer dime will be curtailed for education department staff after more than $12,000 in restaurant bills were made public.

The head of the education agency, Tony Cook, came under fire from Liberal senator Sarah Henderson in a parliamentary hearing about the cost of his staff holding meetings at high-end restaurants.

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