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Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University

Top bureaucrats don’t want to be criticised on social media, but their fix may be unconstitutional

Australia’s top bureaucrats want parliament to curtail politicians posting clips to social media of senior public servants answering questions before parliamentary inquiries.

The Secretaries Board is a committee of the heads of federal government departments, some of whom have million-dollar salaries. It has made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry saying it is:

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