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(Australia, slang) The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.

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government stroke

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government stroke

Noun

Australia slang historical obsolete

(Australia, slang) The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.

Japanese Meaning

（オーストラリアのスラング）政府職員に見られる、意図的に遅い業務進行、つまり政府の仕事がなかなか進まないという特徴

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The project's timetable was ruined by a classic government stroke, with approvals taking months to appear.

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プロジェクトのスケジュールは典型的な役所仕事の遅さにより台無しになり、承認が出るまでに数か月かかった。

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(Australia, slang) The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.

Why not just leave things as they are and say, "We are going to run this government organisation efficiently; we are going to make sure that the government stroke has disappeared, that the managers are on the ball and that the customers get good service".

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(Australia, slang, obsolete or historical) The amount work that a convict was required to complete each day.

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