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17 Dec 11:00am

Filed under: Bureacracy, Government, Passport, Travel

It is one of life’s rich curiosities that the primary function of any government department is to make its citizenry despise it. This is most pronounced at the national passport office, where prior to confirming you are a citizen of Australia the bureaucratic apparatus feels it must first provide you with a host of reasons why you would not want to be.

Stamp. This. Pic:DFAT

Australian passports last for 10 years, because that is how long it takes the Department of Foreign Affairs to process a new one. But recently there have been some great breakthroughs in this area.

Now it only takes them two weeks to renew your passport - still slow by real world standards but the blink of an eye in the public service.

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Alex says:

02:05pm | 20/12/11

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Alex says:

02:00pm | 20/12/11

Nothing compares to dealing with Austrade. OMG i want a job with Austrade so badly, they do absolutely NOTHING and get paid good unlimited tax payer money for it. The joke about public servants not looking out the window in the morning as then they would have nothing to do… Read more »

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