The 'Dispatched' Week in Review - 12 October
Update: 2025-10-12
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Has Senate Estimates devolved into an overly polite, time-sliced format that enables waffle, obfuscation, and endless questions taken on notice? Does this reflect weakened scrutiny? The responses provided revealed the truth of review processes, which aim to protect institutional power, blame outsiders for problems, and generally add complexity to existing problems. Few appear willing to say the quiet part out loud.
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