Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
There used to be some people in the public service who had experience and knew what they were doing in the context of their area of administrative expertise (I would cite one John Menadue who admittedly had a combination of private sector and public sector experience), but they are all long gone, made redundant so successive LNP governments could effectively privatise everything via 'consultants' which are usually the low-altitude flyers from the former PS ranks. This is why despite millions of dollars, the NBN is garbage, the vaccine roll out is a disgrace, they couldn't roll out a yoga mat and things like the disastrous 2016 census occur - some of these things the country used to be good at but no longer. Those who remained in many respects and prospered were those who clung on because they knew they couldn't get jobs elsewhere.
Not that it's the sort of thing they would do but can you imagine if the government of today tried to launch something like Medicare....... half the cards wouldn't work, the system would crash, Doctors wouldn't have advanced information about how it worked and they'd institute a robodebt scam to try and bully people who'd paid their bills out of money they don't owe.
well said AP-) Australia these days can be summed up in a few words.......a 3rd world nation with a 1st world corrupt facade!