Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
The only thing that isn't surprising about the appointments is the continuation of this government's ideological fetish for appointing ex military people to every damn civil role they can think of - the GG qualifications nowadays may as well say "Must have served in the ADF" - sure, I guess like any organisation, occasionally a good leader may emerge but these people treat this as it's almost the ONLY qualification - let's face it, a lot of the military have made their career by following orders, how the hell does that qualify someone for this type of position????
Could someone remind the government that at least some of the ADF leadership were in the job when the alleged crimes occurred in Afghanistan....... not implying anyone appointed is responsible but would it not make sense to re-think this fetish for appointing ex military people to manage things.... when clearly at least some of the MOST important aspects of military activity have seemingly not been managed at all???
Totally agree, excellent comment. Our Govmint and previous ones are totally out of touch. Their ‘ideologies are flawed and to be honest, a lazy and outdated approach. The current mantra within Govmint is this ridiculous time and resource wasting ‘diversity’ push which has morphed into another bureaucratic Frankenstein. Basically males have suddenly become the casualty in this foolish war and when the dust clears there will be some severely dysfunctional organisations as a result of hiring a person based upon ‘diversity’ rather than actual skills and experience.
The reason they hire ex-ADF hierarchy to head up agencies is because those people have been indoctrinated into following orders and suffer from Stockholm syndrome and will obediently obey their Master’s wishes to the enth degree. This is an ideology and one that has failed over and over. The same as with the ‘ideology’ that the federal government APS cap should be 167,596, a number they have rigidly stuck with for many years. Seriously, whether you like the APS or loathe them, what idiot decided on that number and mandated that the number (or cap) cannot be exceed? Stupid, idiotic bubble mentality that only a lazy and inept Govmint could propagate over and over.
One thing is certain, all of us pay the price in the long run for these absurd and idiotic ideologies that are pushed by a bunch of idiots sitting in the Canberra cocoon.