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"text": "Stephanie Foster, the PMC deputy secretary of governance, told the finance and public administration estimates hearing that Morrison convenes meetings attended by others.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of prime minister and cabinet."
],
"links": [
[
"prime minister",
"prime minister#English"
],
[
"cabinet",
"cabinet#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australian politics) Initialism of prime minister and cabinet."
],
"tags": [
"Australian",
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"politics"
]
}
],
"word": "PMC"
}
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