[Kharon]

Frank and Ernest.

P2 – “I still keep pinching myself to the reality that all of the above Hansard etc. was from over a decade ago and features the same bureaucrat, etc.”



Thing I can’t get over is that a succession of ‘ministers’ and a couple of Senate teams have not been able to put a full stop to this never ending cycle. They all seem to sit there, politely asking CASA to ‘consider’ stuff, which they do, then either kill off the ‘suggestions’, shrug off recommendations as opinion; or, quietly shuffle reports off to the shelf-ware storage to await shedding; or, they take so bloody long to ‘do’ whatever it is they’re supposed to do, everyone has forgotten what it was; or have died during the waiting period. A decade ago, the same problems we have today existed; the remedy has been to make things worse for industry while making life in CASA a pleasant ‘desk-top’ experience.

There is a new ‘Board’ stepping up to the crease; there is a fairly cranky Senate committee, which, even with O’Sofullashite still hanging about, seems to mean business, if the opposition can place a little pressure on McDoNaught, not to mention the 'Alphabet Soup Groups' lobbying like hell. Maybe, perhaps in another decade, regulatory reform (and sanity) will be achieved. Just in time for the re-write. Then we can start all over again.



What a bloody shambles. What a disgrace. What a horrendous cost – but most of all; what an unashamed arrogance it is to ignore the worlds best practice set by the USA.

Toot – toot.