Wriggle room and parachutes.
The downturn in the mining sector has provided a convenient and no doubt welcome bolt hole for the ASA – revenue down – costs up – not our fault. Solution even more agreeable, more money and higher rates. No mention of trimming the excess top layers. Why is it that these people need so many ‘panels’ and committee’s and all the other layers - ? Listen to some of the Estimates tapes – there is a cast of thousands involved at each and every step in any process. Bloated, inflated and all designed to cover the tail end of whoever signs off on a deal. Unrequired – surplus. The man taking the big bucks takes the blame – it is that simple.
The ASA version of ‘management’ top and ground cover costs a bloody fortune; then there are the consultants. Now here’s a question – why do these highly paid “experts” need additional “expert” advice? They are paid – as experts – small fortunes. If they are not expert then:-
Why are we employing ‘non-experts’?
Why are we paying them ‘expert salaries’?
It’s Bollocks – they know it, we know it and the Senators know it. So why are we still tolerating it? Any fool can whistle up an expert; Yellow pages are full of them, but routine day to day efficient ‘management’ a few less obscene pay packets and efficiencies could almost bring the ASA out of the red into break-even territory. What a lovely concept – break even costing from user pays – not indecent profits, screwed out of the taxpayer. Fat chance right.
Aye well, back to my knitting.
Toot toot.
The downturn in the mining sector has provided a convenient and no doubt welcome bolt hole for the ASA – revenue down – costs up – not our fault. Solution even more agreeable, more money and higher rates. No mention of trimming the excess top layers. Why is it that these people need so many ‘panels’ and committee’s and all the other layers - ? Listen to some of the Estimates tapes – there is a cast of thousands involved at each and every step in any process. Bloated, inflated and all designed to cover the tail end of whoever signs off on a deal. Unrequired – surplus. The man taking the big bucks takes the blame – it is that simple.
The ASA version of ‘management’ top and ground cover costs a bloody fortune; then there are the consultants. Now here’s a question – why do these highly paid “experts” need additional “expert” advice? They are paid – as experts – small fortunes. If they are not expert then:-
Why are we employing ‘non-experts’?
Why are we paying them ‘expert salaries’?
It’s Bollocks – they know it, we know it and the Senators know it. So why are we still tolerating it? Any fool can whistle up an expert; Yellow pages are full of them, but routine day to day efficient ‘management’ a few less obscene pay packets and efficiencies could almost bring the ASA out of the red into break-even territory. What a lovely concept – break even costing from user pays – not indecent profits, screwed out of the taxpayer. Fat chance right.
Aye well, back to my knitting.
Toot toot.