Election to shut down public service?

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From the AFR:

The Opposition is seeking legal advice on whether the nation has entered a “caretaker period” before the September 14 election, which would give it equal access to the public service and TV advertising airtime.

Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop said she was getting advice on whether the caretaker period had started, which would mean the public service should stop forming government policies and be willing to work on policies from other parties.

Oh dear.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.