It was a close race to the bottom but I think Anderson made it to the post by a good head. Truss wasn't in the job long enough to do too much damage, but he certainly demonstrated that unique Anderson training. Vaile had some ability as Trade Minister but failed to achieve anything of note in the Transport portfolio.
With Directors, I think Leroy Keith may have achieved some sanity had he not fallen foul of the then Chairman. Mick Toller wanted the profile but wasn't in touch with the systemic problems. Tell me again, who is the current Director?
I do not believe any regulator should be commercialised into an income generating machine, although certain Australian Police Forces may belie that statement! I do not believe a regulator should be managed by a Board as the legislation should be concise enough to effectively exclude the discretionary executive and non executive decision making process.
My career started in the days of DCA, under the ANO's and ANR's, a regulatory model that served Australia very well for many decades. I now think various Governments tried to fix something that wasn't broken!