The humble Post-It note has emerged as a powerful weapon used by the
Australian Public Service to avoid Parliamentary scrutiny and Freedom of
Information laws.

The use of the ubiquitous yellow stationery has become widespread in
Commonwealth workplaces as an aide memoir for bureaucrats which, unlike
formal file notes, can "fall off" official records when the information
threatens to embarrass their department.

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Peterk
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"The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of
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They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the
umbrella of federal regulations."
Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978.

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