02-21-2023, 09:29 AM
Ms. Werner’s comments and information add to the shameful sham, namely the Government’s Aviation White Paper. She lists who was consulted about the ToR, that being a large proportion of GI (Government Industries). One glaring omission, that would be apparent to the least bright member of a kindergarten class, that being the aviation industry itself, in particular the General Aviation sector.
The naive notion that government can best be run by independent bureaucracies, be they statutory bodies, or monopoly Government corporations, must be countered.
The business of democratic government is not a football match with an umpire to uphold the rules of the game. The umpire’s adjudication may determine who takes the spoils of victory.
We elect Members of Parliament to govern in the best interests of all, not winner takes all. We expect a reasonable ’man in the street’ or ‘pub test’ element to prevail along with the Common Law and our free enterprise prosperity and way of life.
The only way, with all its faults of human nature, is via our elected representatives because they lose office if we are not satisfied. The bureaucracy, on the other hand, has a life of its own. The classic example is CASA, a law unto itself, purports to be akin to a commercial corporation and therefore pays commercial scales of pay being outside the standard PS rates. All the top people of these independent bodies are paid more than the Minister, some receive two and three times more than Ministerial rates of remuneration.
The naive notion that government can best be run by independent bureaucracies, be they statutory bodies, or monopoly Government corporations, must be countered.
The business of democratic government is not a football match with an umpire to uphold the rules of the game. The umpire’s adjudication may determine who takes the spoils of victory.
We elect Members of Parliament to govern in the best interests of all, not winner takes all. We expect a reasonable ’man in the street’ or ‘pub test’ element to prevail along with the Common Law and our free enterprise prosperity and way of life.
The only way, with all its faults of human nature, is via our elected representatives because they lose office if we are not satisfied. The bureaucracy, on the other hand, has a life of its own. The classic example is CASA, a law unto itself, purports to be akin to a commercial corporation and therefore pays commercial scales of pay being outside the standard PS rates. All the top people of these independent bodies are paid more than the Minister, some receive two and three times more than Ministerial rates of remuneration.