In reply: As always, I appreciate Arnold's input, and he is right yet again: M Reid was Director-General, New South Wales Health, 1995–2001, and J Paterson was Secretary, Health and Community Services, Victoria, 1992–1996. This information was conveyed in the author's details for Paterson, but inexplicably not for Reid.
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