004 # 2124 –" maybe they have been lost, along with pages of the Chamber Pot report?".
Oh, I don't know about 'lost'; our Wodger is, anecdotally at least, famous for too much paper, rather than not enough; cards up sleeves, rabbits in hats, stuff like that. According to the rumour mill there are usually multiple versions of everything, it is said these versions do not 'officially' exist unless needed, a bit like the Pel Air NCN. (Fascinating little side bar is that). Then, there is a tale told in pubs and other dark places, where our hero disappears large amounts of dubious paperwork as (to general consternation, shock and horror) there maybe slight inaccuracies and unfortunate minor inconsistencies. It has been said (some believe unkindly and unfairly) that one manufacturer of dubious 'paperwork' was dismissed with prejudice: not for drafting fairy stories mind you; but, for not being able to make 'em stick. Aye well, you do hear some strange tales told in pubs.
004 # 2124 -"Or maybe just like with the senate inquiry and CAsA and Beakers 'secret meetings' no records or minutes have been kept, all that took place were 'discussions'?".
Here we run into the 'masters of the game', maybe and it's only maybe, the boys in Cairns and Sydney have learned the tricks of trade from the grandees of the sport. FOI requests framing questions to which the answers are known can yield lots of confirmation and other juicy little tid-bits, on the side. Procedure and proper reporting to LSD are usually the hapless victims of this dangerous game, which, if exposed, could threaten more than the safety of some pot plants parked about gold plated coffee machines. Is it a calculated risk some of these folks feel they can take, with impunity?
I do admire the tenacity of Shane Urquhart; it may have taken time and courage but, 'IF' it could ever be proven that anyone has strayed outside of the CASA publicly stated protocol and procedural guidelines (gone independent rogue), or not recorded essential 'facts', the LSD would be obliged to publicly crucify them; before both the civil and criminal courts get a whack. Well, they do say – you pays your money and you takes your chances.
Memo - stay out of pubs and do not mix real Ale with Gobbledock tall tales; filling my poor old wooden head with seditious gossip and scurrilous rumour, bad GD. But, then again...........
