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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

I Agree With Col. Pity Col Doesn't!

Paul Murray thinks that the CCC findings about Lisa Scaffidi are nothing more than a technicality. Premier Colin Barnett says her actions represented "a poor decision exacerbated by the failure to disclose it".

For once, I agree with Col - the CCC findings are of significant concern in terms of the integrity of government (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/transparency-anyone.html).

But there's a certain cognitive dissonance in Colin Barnett's response to the CCC findings

 But this should be equally so at all levels of government. Indeed, Barnett himself reported said that "if one of his ministers had behaved in this way he would probably look at resignation"

 It is not good enough for him to criticise Lisa Scaffidi (local government) and Bronwyn Bishop (federal government) by evoking the 'pub test'. He must apply the same criterion to his own government - and Dean Nalder in particular.

West Australian, 7th October 2015. Click to enlarge.
West Australian, 7th October 2015. Click to enlarge.
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  1. UnknownOctober 8, 2015 at 10:08 AM

    Hi Ian, certainly a lot of different interpretations are possible. We have an event coming up on transparency and accountability in local government. RSVPs still open. http://transparency.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/October-2015-WA-Event.pdf

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