To properly explain her job as the country’s chief scientist, Cathy Foley is fond of invoking Japan’s Olympic athletics team.
A physicist by training, the avid runner describes the intense attention to detail the relay runners bring to their baton transfer – a high-stakes manoeuvre designed to save precious microseconds.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
