Back in 2019, the Susan McKinnon Foundation put a simple proposition to a group of aspiring government ministers among the ranks of state and federal politicians.
A surgeon or a pilot would never start learning how to do the job the day after being appointed, so why not undertake specialist training now, to be ready for the most demanding job of your career.
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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