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Michael Coutts-Trotter’s best advice for the young and ambitious

Michael Coutts-Trotter’s best advice for the young and ambitious

The NSW Treasury secretary explains how to test decisions, work with political staffers, the best way to build a career – and his love of steel-cut oats.

Tom BurtonGovernment editor
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NSW Treasury secretary Michael Coutts-Trotter has returned to the same portfolio where he worked for seven years as a young ministerial adviser.

Then, he was chief of staff to Michael Egan, a Labor treasurer with big ideas about how to rethink state finances. Now, Coutts-Trotter is once again advising a reformist treasurer, the energetic Daniel Mookhey.

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Tom Burton
Tom BurtonGovernment editorTom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com

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