"....and Shazam! The minute the election is called, the public service and CASA goes into caretaker mode - no new policy decisions are made."
Wombat. Spot on - and it is a very real worry; seen it all before. There has been some excellent work 'lost' during the 'care-taker' stand down, never to resurface under a change of government. Undeniable historical fact.
There are a few things Joyce could make happen, there's still a little time - we hear the interest is there; but the countdown clock is ticking. From about this coming weekend, virtually nothing happens except the great eight week lay off. It's a fair bet that what with the pandemic and all, there will be a lot of folk looking to just get away from it all, find a beach and a cocktail (or three). Been a hellish year.
So, nothing will even be considered until the end of January; election mode to follow (cringe) - then by the time the elected find their way to the exec dunny and the aides work out how to work the tea pot, it will be another six month drifted away, nothing changed and the salaries regularly paid to those who have managed to find a safe haven in the great tax payer funded bubble. Unless Joyce cracks the whip and initiates 'digit extractus' and makes the simple things happen. 'K's' tote board has some 'interesting' options -
Wombat. Spot on - and it is a very real worry; seen it all before. There has been some excellent work 'lost' during the 'care-taker' stand down, never to resurface under a change of government. Undeniable historical fact.
There are a few things Joyce could make happen, there's still a little time - we hear the interest is there; but the countdown clock is ticking. From about this coming weekend, virtually nothing happens except the great eight week lay off. It's a fair bet that what with the pandemic and all, there will be a lot of folk looking to just get away from it all, find a beach and a cocktail (or three). Been a hellish year.
So, nothing will even be considered until the end of January; election mode to follow (cringe) - then by the time the elected find their way to the exec dunny and the aides work out how to work the tea pot, it will be another six month drifted away, nothing changed and the salaries regularly paid to those who have managed to find a safe haven in the great tax payer funded bubble. Unless Joyce cracks the whip and initiates 'digit extractus' and makes the simple things happen. 'K's' tote board has some 'interesting' options -