![]() ![]() It does affect me, especially because of the kind of writing I do, but it’s hard to tease out all that means succinctly. ![]() The Carmel Bird Long Story Award was open to women writers only – how does the fact that you are a woman writing in contemporary Australia impact on you and your writing? I like that it allows for a story arc and the exploration of at least one idea. What do you like about the long story form? The words scribbled on the vault door struck me and I used some of them. The other inspiration was a café I visited in northern NSW that had once been a bank. Of course many of our policy discussions revolved around funding, appropriate levels of government debt and so on, so you can see how that drives the story. This was despite the fact Treasury was the only agency that could stand up to us. This tactic was effective: I remember a Treasury official admitting after a meeting how insignificant our offices made him feel. We would make bureaucrats from other agencies meet us there so that they were pressured by the evidence of power that those views conveyed. Our status displays were blunt our offices were just below the Premier’s in Governor Macquarie Tower and we had stunning views over the city and harbour. ![]() It was a unique and intensely hierarchical workplace and I wanted to capture the sense of intrigue and behind-the-scenes machinations before my deep understanding of it faded. I’d been working in the NSW Cabinet Office, which provided policy advice to the Premier. Claire Corbett author of Hostile Takeover What inspired you to write this story? ![]()
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