@DjityDjity @andyjennings
AIUI large changes after Royal Commission reported in 2021.
Are you refering to changes made by #JohnHoward etc?
Link has what should now be in place.
(A failure to provide adequate registered nurse hours resulted in a vulnerable parent of mine being stupified, weakened and falling multiple times due to a new medication. So no confidence in facility managers. & doubts about the public servants meant to be ensuring quality. cf #RoboDebt.)
"The #NACC commissioner, Paul Brereton, said nepotism and cronyism were among the most frequently observed corrupt behaviours reported to the commission."
All of #AusPol remembering how reluctant Brereton was to see his buddies prosecuted over #RoboDebt.
We will never know the names of the odious, capricious monsters who bullied #Lattouf for the same reasons we will never see the names of the odious, capricious monsters in the sealed section of the #Robodebt RC.
Even though the reason for sealing that section, criminal prosecution, did not happen.
Rich, powerful, well connected. That's how the system works in #Australia
The Lattouf unfair dismissal case is another reminder we live in a society where access to justice for the average punter is a long, costly, public, damaging and tedious process, full of risk, esp if you have been wronged by the powerful. It changes you.
The powerful? Those moral vacuums engaged in bad-faith harassment, offended at factually accurate reporting about another country?
Why, they are gifted privacy, of course, by a system that applies different standards to the rich and connected. And there will be no consequences for ABC management, naturally.
The general ill-preparedness of governments is chilling
The #GatwickDrones, absence of preparedness for pandemic isolation actions, & absence of protection of voters from Rupert Murdoch's pro-Trump brainwashing are just a few examples.
Which combine with systemic failures in communication and ethics leading to the #AgedCareCrisis and even to unlawful actions, as found in #Robodebt (and now possibly wider program failures stretching over decades).
"My primary concern has always been how the Commonwealth could possibly settle unsubstantiated and statute-barred claims made against me, alleging egregious conduct on my part without taking a single statement from me at all."
- every victim of the illegal #Robodebt scheme
News 12/6/2025
" ... the department admits “it has become clear that decisions regarding compliance action … may not have been validly made”. The department also blames “IT systems [that] were not operating in alignment with the law and policies”.
#RoboDebt
#VictimisationOfUnemployed
#AusPol
#ScottMorrison
#ReturnYourAward
#SystemicFailure
#AustralianPublicService
#APSUnions
#PublicConfidence
Morrison getting a King’s Birthday Honour is a teachable moment — if you were under any illusions about what power values and rewards, this should sort you out.
It wasn’t an error, or a misunderstanding.
Major General Kathryn Campbell is still an Officer of the Order of Australia — in recognition of "distinguished service to public administration through senior roles with government departments”.
This is how things work.
Asking nicely won’t fix it.
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