are becoming the focal point of the decision making process. This department is the only government department in the entire nation which knows about all issues affecting the Prime Minister, and reports to Prime Minister on these issues. Griffith University's Pat Weller commented recently "Everything that matters now goes into the PM's office. It is bigger than it use to be. It has a finger in every pie that concerns the PM. The influence of the prime minister is determined by the range of his interest. Where he is interested he is utterly dom
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