Thanks Creampuff...
We are obviously in violent agreement here!
So, does anyone have any idea
if TweedleDUMB ever published a notice pursuant to S.49(3)(b) at the time that the ATSB decided not to recover the recorders at the EARLY stage in the investigation?
Because if he didn't, then it seems to vindicate the assertion that TweedleDUMBER (the Minister) has demonstrated rock-hard STUPIDITY in accepting the reasons provided by TweedleDUMB to justify the ATSB's failure to recover the recorders.
If
no notice was issued by TweedleDUMB (Dolan) pursuant to S.49, then I'd say TweedleDUMBER (Truss) might need to not pass GO, not collect $200, and go back to the drawing board and rethink the whole matter and either get TweedleDUMB to issue a notice pursuant to S.49, or to bite the bullet and spend some $$$s to recover the recorders RFN (Right Fcuking Now) without any more procrastination and obfuscation.
It's not rocket science FFS.
Why is this all so bloody hard?