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While the Federal Government is changing and/or amalgamating portfolios in order improve policy collaboration between departments and ".....having fewer departments will allow us to bust bureaucratic congestion, improve decision-making and ultimately deliver better services for the Australian people.... source https://www.pm.gov.au/media/new-structure-government-departments .
While I don't imagine construction workers in the infrastructure industry wearing tutus or ABC presenters driving cranes and wearing hard helmets in the new super ministry of the "Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications' there are two things the official government page did not mention how policy collaboration will work and whether there is a reduction in the amount of red tape.
Thank you
Anthony of exciting Belfield
... for those with short memories (or who weren't around) - nothing new here; it was DOTAC (Department of Transport and Communications) under the Bob Hawke restructure.