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New Immigration Minister doesn’t want to play “God”

New Immigration Minister Chris Evans seems intent on rapid change within his department, reports Sophie Black.

Parliament House: There’s a Chairs Affair in there

Back in May 1999, the bureaucrats who run Parliament House vowed to get rid of John Howard’s furniture at midnight on the day he resigned and replace it with the furniture specifically commissioned for the Prime Minister’s suite in the new building. No kidding. They told me, writes Margaretta Pos.