Tag: The Government

FOI

A Royal Dud: Queen’s death FOI debacle shows Australia’s transparency system is bust – Michael West

Queen Elizabeth funeral 2022

I requested an FOI review by the Information Commissioner and her office to expedite it. In December last year an OAIC assistant commissioner responded to me as follows:

“The OAIC is currently focusing on the case management and finalisation of aged matters, particularly the 305 IC review applications on hand received in 2018 and 2019. The OAIC received your IC review application on 19 July 2022 and I understand that there are approximately 1558 IC reviews on hand that were received prior to your application.”

Source: A Royal Dud: Queen’s death FOI debacle shows Australia’s transparency system is bust – Michael West

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Memo to AOC: Only You Can Save the Government | Washington Monthly

Someone needs to challenge the broken political mind-set around the size and nature of the federal workforce. No one has a better track record of changing such political paradigms than you.

After decades of the “no more bureaucrats” political feedback loop, private contractors working for the federal government now outnumber federal employees, by a factor of more than two to one.

 

Source: Memo to AOC: Only You Can Save the Government | Washington Monthly

Scott Morrison

Messiah Morrison direct messages God via the social media devil

So much for the Secular society and the separation of powers there goes the constitution

Scott Morrison attended a Pentecostal national convention on the Gold Coast last week, at which he shared with those gathered his belief that he and wife Jenny have been “called to do God’s work”.

Source: Messiah Morrison direct messages God via the social media devil

Informed Comment

If Abbott and Kelly want to cross the floor, let them – » The Australian Independent Media Network

One of the most important roles of government is to prioritise. They must identify the challenges facing us and the consequences of inaction. They must rank the urgency of responding to problems and decide on the most efficient use of resources to address them.

The current debate about energy policy is a prime example of a government failing to do that.

via If Abbott and Kelly want to cross the floor, let them – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Government

Big Four banks reject Adani’s dirty mine but governments fund it anyway

Why should Australian taxpayers invest $1 billion in Adani if the big four banks don’t think it’s commercially viable?

Source: Big Four banks reject Adani’s dirty mine but governments fund it anyway