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So_Cynical said:
Apparently he was a Gay liberal plant.
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No this has been confirmed..

But now I hear, with this level of skill at deception, lies, and corruption, it is the driving force behind the cabinet reshuffle of federal labor. My circles say he is a certainty for treasurer, and could be prime minister in 3 months.

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Looks like this guy has some history of this sort of behaviour:

Police sources said Morehu-Barlow had a history of fraud-related offences in his native New Zealand.

However, it was unclear last night whether Queensland Health conducted checks on him before his employment in 2005 as purchasing officer.
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Read more: Who’s minding the Queensland shop?
 
Julia said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-09/man-suspected-of-queensland-health-fraud/3723238

A Queensland Health bureaucrat has disappeared after taking some 16 million of departmental funds for himself, apparently over an extended period of time.

How on earth can this happen? Don't they have regular audits? Checks and balances all the time?
Yet another stuff up by a Labor government.
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Garpal Gumnut said:
This is a major governance failure.

gg
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sails said:
Looks like this guy has some history of this sort of behaviour:



Read more: Who’s minding the Queensland shop?
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This is very much business as usual stuff for Queensland Health.

It is a huge poorly governed bureaucracy, destroying billions of dollars of Queensland wealth, without efficiently delivering health.

It poorly delivers services to the community with little consultation.

Its only saving grace is that once one works for QH, it is a job for life, it is virtually impossible to have poor work performance lead to dismissal. Thus the Government and unions deal with grubs like this bloke by either promotion or a sideways movement.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
This is very much business as usual stuff for Queensland Health.

It is a huge poorly governed bureaucracy, destroying billions of dollars of Queensland wealth, without efficiently delivering health.

It poorly delivers services to the community with little consultation.

Its only saving grace is that once one works for QH, it is a job for life, it is virtually impossible to have poor work performance lead to dismissal. Thus the Government and unions deal with grubs like this bloke by either promotion or a sideways movement.

gg
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you would only need to substitute "QLD" for "NSW" and your description would still be so accurate that I guess you must have more than a passing familiarity with said bureacrats :p:
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
This is very much business as usual stuff for Queensland Health.

It is a huge poorly governed bureaucracy, destroying billions of dollars of Queensland wealth, without efficiently delivering health.
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Yes, that's the infuriating part.

How on earth money supposedly paid to service providers for 3 years hadn't been reconciled and audited properly despite the auditor generals concerns about accountability proceedures is amazing.

If all encompassing performance is a measure of salaries, then a number of senior Qld health officials ought to be on a negative salary, paying money back to their employer or bound to working for some time for nothing.
 
Whiskers said:
Yes, that's the infuriating part.

How on earth money supposedly paid to service providers for 3 years hadn't been reconciled and audited properly despite the auditor generals concerns about accountability proceedures is amazing.

If all encompassing performance is a measure of salaries, then a number of senior Qld health officials ought to be on a negative salary, paying money back to their employer or bound to working for some time for nothing.
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It gets more peculiar.

Anna Bligh is going to abolish Queensland Health and form 2 Departments.

1. To look after the muppets who control the waste of funds and pay. Nobody there will lose a job.

2. To carry on Queensland Hospitals Emergency, Operations and Outpatients.

This is not policy on the run, Premier Bligh assures us, although it was precipitated by an alleged fiddle of $16m two days ago.

Think about it.

:confused:

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
It gets more peculiar.

Anna Bligh is going to abolish Queensland Health and form 2 Departments.

1. To look after the muppets who control the waste of funds and pay. Nobody there will lose a job.

2. To carry on Queensland Hospitals Emergency, Operations and Outpatients.

This is not policy on the run, Premier Bligh assures us, although it was precipitated by an alleged fiddle of $16m two days ago.

Think about it.

:confused:

gg
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If things there are as bad as she finally admits and corporate office has been such a frustration, then how on earth is just changing the organisation without any sackings going to improve their culture. I think some heads should be rolling.

A tough-talking Ms Bligh pointed to financial management and the health
payroll scandal as examples of how frontline workers were let down by corporate
head office.

"They are being failed by corporate Queensland Health on too many fronts.
Enough is enough," Ms Bligh said.

Ms Bligh said she was not looking at cutting Queensland Health jobs as part
of the shakeup, but insisted it would lead to cultural change.

“Clearly we have a very very large monolithic organisation that is too big,
it is too far removed from service delivery and frankly I think there are too
many people alienated from the job they have to do,” she said.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...e-abolished-as-we-know-it-20111212-1oqtm.html
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Whiskers said:
If things there are as bad as she finally admits and corporate office has been such a frustration, then how on earth is just changing the organisation without any sackings going to improve their culture. I think some heads should be rolling.
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Don't worry mate, heads will roll.

After the coming election, the Queensland Parliamentary ALP will be lucky to field a group therapy session at a pox doctors clinic.

gg
 
Unbelievably, while the culprit was on the run, the Queensland Police Service were only doing 'patrols' past his Newfarm property once in a while!!!

It took the security officer of the building to tell the police that the embezzler had turned up at home, apparently sick.

Looks as though it's not just Qld Health that's in need of a total shake-up.

It would be nice if Ms Bligh would explain just how splitting a dysfunctional department into two is going to suddenly make both the subsequent departments fully functional.

Thank god it's only a couple of months until the election.
 
Julia said:
Unbelievably, while the culprit was on the run, the Queensland Police Service were only doing 'patrols' past his Newfarm property once in a while!!!

It took the security officer of the building to tell the police that the embezzler had turned up at home, apparently sick.

Looks as though it's not just Qld Health that's in need of a total shake-up.

It would be nice if Ms Bligh would explain just how splitting a dysfunctional department into two is going to suddenly make both the subsequent departments fully functional.

Thank god it's only a couple of months until the election.
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My contacts in George St. tell me that the election will not occur until mid 2012.

The ALP are in damage control, unaware that lives are at risk from the inefficiencies at Queensland Health.

The Queensland Community need to take control.

We need an Election.

And we need it now.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
It gets more peculiar.

Anna Bligh is going to abolish Queensland Health and form 2 Departments.
gg
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I think I heard on the radio, the word two "Agency's. Must be a bit like USA.
Never the less she has made the right decision, but much too late.

But lest think about this. This decision will now allow her to campaign for the coming election on the Qld. Health Issues.
I have friends who are in Qld health (run rural hospitals), and they say its in a shambles.

I liked the bit when she said " the Qld taxpayer would be upset about the $16 million
fraud" .
Sorry Anna but the taxpayers are disgusted with the State government allowing it to happen. Especially after the nurses payroll isues which has gone on for ever.

joea
 
Here's the thing.

Every Govt Health (and other) Dept is way overstaffed with admin and managers.

They get promoted away from working with patients/clients and proceeed to build empires, justify thier existence, and obstruct efficient function.

I know of one who has had a job for 30 yrs and done nothing but inspire hate.
If he was sacked tommorow, everyone would cheer. Nothing would be lost.

I have complete intolerance of these types.

At one point in my carreer, I was arguing with an idiot manager, and ended up saying to this fool

"if I dont come to work, major **** hits the fan...if you dont come to work, everyone has a nice day, so either sack me or nick off, cause you are just wasting my time with this bollocks"...they walked away looking dumbfounded.

In the private health industry, the workers see many more patients, and have much less ancilliary staff
 
joea said:
I think I heard on the radio, the word two "Agency's. Must be a bit like USA.
Never the less she has made the right decision, but much too late.

But lest think about this. This decision will now allow her to campaign for the coming election on the Qld. Health Issues.
I have friends who are in Qld health (run rural hospitals), and they say its in a shambles.

I liked the bit when she said " the Qld taxpayer would be upset about the $16 million
fraud" .
Sorry Anna but the taxpayers are disgusted with the State government allowing it to happen. Especially after the nurses payroll isues which has gone on for ever.

joea
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I also have a relative who has done contract work for Qld Health - he reckons the culture is unbelievable to anyone in private enterprise. Jobs for life - once you're in you can do practically nothing - in fact he was actively encouraged to do less in order not to make the permanent employees look bad. At times he was being paid contract rates to do his own freelance work from their offices as they had work for him in the near future, but not enough to keep him occupied at the time. When he questioned the ethics of this he was told they always made sure to spend their entire budget in order to ensure it wouldn't be trimmed for the following year - even if it meant wasting money on nonessentials. Our taxes at work!:banghead:

Splitting the dept in two seems to me to be a recipe for twice the useless bureaucracy. I'd sooner see them readvertise all the senior positions and make them reapply for their jobs along with applicants with real skills. I doubt many would measure up against their counterparts in the "real world"!
 
DocK said:
I also have a relative who has done contract work for Qld Health - he reckons the culture is unbelievable to anyone in private enterprise. Jobs for life - once you're in you can do practically nothing - in fact he was actively encouraged to do less in order not to make the permanent employees look bad. At times he was being paid contract rates to do his own freelance work from their offices as they had work for him in the near future, but not enough to keep him occupied at the time. When he questioned the ethics of this he was told they always made sure to spend their entire budget in order to ensure it wouldn't be trimmed for the following year - even if it meant wasting money on nonessentials. Our taxes at work!:banghead:

Splitting the dept in two seems to me to be a recipe for twice the useless bureaucracy. I'd sooner see them readvertise all the senior positions and make them reapply for their jobs along with applicants with real skills. I doubt many would measure up against their counterparts in the "real world"!
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And this on Anna Bligh's knee jerk reaction from two independent experts.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...g-health-service/story-fn59niix-1226220827327

Tony Morris, QC, who oversaw an inquiry into the Patel debacle, said it was a knee-jerk reaction by the government.

"The government is deservedly getting some bad press over the latest catastrophe in Queensland Health and they had to say something and so they came up with this extraordinary proposal," Mr Morris told the ABC.

Scott Prasser, professor of public policy at the Australian Catholic University, said the reforms were "inappropriate" so close to the state election.

Mr Barlow was to be formally charged with fraud today, police said.
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DocK said:
they always made sure to spend their entire budget in order to ensure it wouldn't be trimmed for the following year - even if it meant wasting money on nonessentials. Our taxes at work!:banghead:
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Yes, I've seen this first hand myself with gov departments even going back many years.

The gov of the day has a lot to answer for as well though, because if they are more obsessed with $ budget outcomes squaring off as a measure of performance than quantitative and qualitative controls of the expenditure and making carry over provisions for quality performance where exceptional or outside influences affected the ability to spend the budget money wisely, then this is the dumb short term rationale you get.

Splitting the dept in two seems to me to be a recipe for twice the useless
bureaucracy.
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That's what I fear if apparently they are not going to sack any senior staff, but try, try, try again to change their culture. :banghead:

I'd sooner see them readvertise all the senior positions and make
them reapply for their jobs along with applicants with real skills. I doubt many would measure up against their counterparts in the "real world"!
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That is the obvious solution, but probably and no doubt now will be with the politicans who have the power to regulate budget carry overs, reapplying for their position.
 
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