The allegation that the regulator is “capricious unjust ineffective and vindictive” is not a problem for
me, Sunfish. It’s a problem for the people who wish to prove the allegation.
I have the Federal Court, the AAT and the OLSC on my side. I know who’s on your side.
I know which side I’d rather be betting on.
(It would be instructive for you to read what the AAT said about the FOI in the Polar matter – the AAT said, in not so many words, that he was an officious
pr*ck. But the AAT wasn’t very impressed by Mr Butson character either. Nor did it make much difference to the merits of the decisions. You need to try to understand
both sides of a story.)