Having barnaby joyce
doing anything good for aviation is a pipe dream, nay, a nightmare. This is the guy who denied being a Kiwi citizen even though it only took 4 mouse clicks to ascertain one way or the other is he was (or wasn't). How much did the by-election cost us because of his lazy
negligence?
This is the same guy who tried or is moving the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to his electorate in what can only be seen, IMO, as a blatant attempt to shore up his own standing/ego in New England which is paid for by the taxpayers. (Pork barrelling at its finest) The staff who moved there had to go to Maccas to get Wi-Fi since barnaby
failed to make sure the required basic infrastructure like the Internet was available to the poor sods who were pushed into moving away from the rest of the government departments in Canberra. Don't forget that a special building is going to be constructed for the APVMA in Armidale and then leased to them with the taxpayer footing the lease while there are a plethora of empty offices in Canberra. No benefit to the country, just barnaby. How much did this exercise cost the taxpayer?
Didn't he do such a magnificent job as Water Minister. I mean what can go wrong? The damn stuff falls from the sky but yet barnaby managed to
cockup something that was fairly simple. I mean it's not like when he was the shadow treasure guy which being an accountant (the only practicing one in parliament according to him) should have been a doodle but yet again his feet seemed to be a good fit for his mouth.
And now he is going to be looking after aviation matters. WHAT A
ING JOKE!
What a shame Sussan Ley turned out to be such a typical politician because she would at least have had a better understanding of the problems that need to be addressed in Australian Aviation and maybe if she had been made Minister then GA may have had a chance at survival.
joyce is a buffoon and totally unfit for office let alone as Minister for aviation. If government, irrespective of party, puts someone who has an interest in aviation (ex military do not count) into the role of Minister then that person should be required to undertake flight training to a level where they become familiar with the problems in our industry. Alas, this is just my pipe dream since that person would only last a maximum of 3 years in the role or less if the spineless leader has to have a cabinet reshuffle and appoint lackeys to appease the various factions. When did these people who are employed by the Australian taxpayer stop working for the citizens of this country and become self employed or sub contracted themselves out to big business both domestic and foreign?
Can anyone remember the last time there was a Minister for Aviation that actually knew anything about their portfolio and really did something that benefitted aviation? It seems that the Department of Constant Name Change has just had another clueless clot put in charge and is carrying on with its usual
fine tradition.
Do these elected idiots in their sheltered workshop not realise what aviation, especially GA is worth to our economy?
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