Despite the anti-corruption body findings, there are still grey areas in how best to protect public integrity.
In the business world, a host of CEOs have walked recently because events which happened on their watch made their position untenable. In politics it often seems just the opposite. The person who presided over a scandal then qualifies as just the chap to stay and clear it up, despite Mr Andrews facing a further inquiry into public funding of red shirt ALP election foot soldiers.
“I will own these errors”, says Mr Andrews, milking public admiration for selflessly picking up this smelly burden.to get himself appointed to a plum trade job in New York as some post-politics perk, but the ousting of a highly qualified person who had already been told that she had the job. The hijacking of proper process was blatant, and the deterrent to new talent joining the public sector is obvious.What links the stories is the handing out of jobs through favouritism, not merit.
There is of course such a thing as regulatory over-reach.
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