Letter: Smoke and mirrors

The way this government is running parts of this country is just a very bad joke! Why go through all that cost, time consumption and pretence of inviting applications for a job (Head of Education), doing the interviews, and then totally disregarding the recommendation of the very professional committee.

It was all a foregone conclusion, so why not just cut the crap and put in the person you had already earmarked. Ah yes, you need to be seen to be following a process!  You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig!

The same applies to deep sea mining – the PM has already made up his mind, irrespective of whatever the “Exploration and Research” finds and reports, this scheme will go ahead. Why else is there already a mighty bureaucracy in place, and getting bigger, and also already some huge infrastructure in behind the airport. Another foregone conclusion.

Smoke and mirrors, the “mark” of this government.

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