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Is the 'jobs for mates' era over?

Is the 'jobs for mates' era over?

Update: 2025-12-02
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The scathing and long-awaited 'jobs for mates' report has been handed down. It's found government appointments too often look like 'forms of patronage and nepotism' and warned the system had eroded public trust. So, will anything change?

It comes as a landmark inquiry into sexual violence in the defence force is unveiled and as the Albanese Government announces the biggest overhaul to defence in decades.

Patricia Karvelas and Raf Epstein break it all down on Politics Now.

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Is the 'jobs for mates' era over?

Is the 'jobs for mates' era over?

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