Noone will be able to lay a finger on the FWA. All that will be in the emails will be: "I think we need further legal advice on point A" (which will have added another 3 month delay) and "I think we need to reexamine point X" (another 3 months passes) etc.
Let us see what comes out of all this.
gg
THE documented exposure of the Gillard government's corruption of the Australia Network tender reveals that on media policy Labor cannot be trusted and that it will distort process and policy to achieve its political goals.
It would be good if what you say is true, however some contacts of mine tell me that the Sweet FWA is not populated by the best brains of their generation, rather than by their political affiliation.
If you watch their performance in Senate estimates or on Media, an element of fear pervades their talk.
Let us see what comes out of all this.
gg
So the so called independent FWA takes three years to prepare a report - which no one is allowed to read. Whats the point of the report then.
So added to the money that was taken out of the HSU coffers there is, at the least, the added cost of preparing a report. Lets say two people worked on it for three years and each person was paid a conservative $80K pa then that alone adds up to a $480,000 bill to you the tax payer (just so some twit can have a free shag at a brothel).
Then add some of the salaries of other people involved in the whole sordid matter (advisors, printers, secretaries etc etc), the wasted time that both sides of politics had to devote to when they should be spending the time governing the country instead, the further investigations that will be required because FWA ballsed up the report (that no one can read) because its not in the right format.
The wasted resources of the NSW and Vic. police.
The financial cost alone just goes on and on.The bill for it all is footed by you!
Fair Work Australia has completed its four-year investigation and has produced a 1,100-page document that no-one may read, implicating four individuals whom no-one may name. It describes several hundred offences, some of which may be criminal, of which no police officer in Australia may formally be apprised. Instead the report was supplied to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, who instantly declared the report's thousand-plus pages more or less useless for the purposes of any prosecution.
Could Fair Work Australia possibly have foreseen this? After nearly $1 million worth of advice from the Australian Government Solicitor's office, you'd have hoped so. Fair Work Australia has agreed, mind, that it could have been sharper with the whole thing. It's now hired KPMG to investigate why its own investigation took so long.
Everyone knows that when faced with a choice between conspiracy and incompetence, the best explanation is usually incompetence, but in this case we are now dealing with some pretty special incompetence.
As of this week, conspiracy is now the more obvious conclusion.
If I were a mid level Public Servant in Sweet FWA, I would be seeking legal advice, and not through my union.
It is usually the middle managers who go to gaol when a Royal Commission exposes malfeance in large organisations.
The head honchos are punished by " loss of reputation ".
Gaol is not nice, but possible if a Royal Commission unearths criminality.
gg
You're showing naivety if you think anyone would have had to do anything illegal to slow walk the investigation.
You're showing naivety if you think anyone would have had to do anything illegal to slow walk the investigation.
I think there comes a point where it can be fairly assumed that they stalled and 3 years would be well and truly beyond that.
I have no doubt they stalled the investigation but I think it's highly unlikely anyone at FWA did anything illegal as far as stalling the investigation goes.
Anyone who has worked in Government or follows Government inquiries knows there are a thousand ways to manipulate investigations/inquiries without doing anything illegal.
It may not be illegal in the sense of any actions taken but a Royal Commission would surely find incompetance and deliberate disregard for process in a timely manner.
Let us see what the Royal Commission says, you may be correct, but only a Commissioner will get to the bottom of it all.
Let us see a few resignations in the coming months, a sure sign.
gg
HSU executives want president's scalp
Confucius say, never have an investigation unless you know the out come.
'Minister, two basic rules of government: Never look into anything you don't have to. And never set up an enquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be.'
Let's start with the HSU and work our way up -
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-09/hsu-executives-want-president27s-scalp/3939570
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