Things appear, disappear, reappear, morph, evolve, destruct and leave those involved scratching their heads in disbelief, amusement and shock!!
In the “Regulatory Reform Will Drift Along Forever” thread I noted one particularly sleazy trick pulled back in September 2006.
Nearing the end of September 2006, neither the June, July, August nor September regulatory development Status Reports had been published. Suddenly they all appeared on the website at the same time, with flashing cursors denoting ‘latest information’ next to the links.
When the cursors stopped flashing, it looked like the Reports had been published consecutively rather than at the same time. The evidence of the unpalatable truth having been known but withheld by CASA for months was conveniently airbrushed out of history.
“That was in the June regulatory development Status Report, Senator. Everyone had access to that information.”
Yes, but not in June, or July, or August, or even September, CASA.
Of course, back then the unpalatable truth was merely that the ‘target date’ for completion had quietly blown out by a(nother) year. We now know the unpalatable truth is it’s never going to be completed.