Sod the QoN. Some brass tacks please.
You don’t hear much about the CASA Ethics committee, an Aleck run crew; or, their doings. Precious little and not often in fact. But it exists. Only spoken of in whispers; those who actually dare to make complaint need keep very quiet until the dust settles and the complaint is tossed out.
If and it is a very big IF, there is to be any visible sign of ‘real’ CASA reform, driven by Senate persuasion, an examination, in depth, of some of the decisions and ruling made by this committee is essential. The power and control this small body has is as scary as the total lack of accountability, to anyone, for its actions, or lack thereof.
The ignored and maligned Senate recommendations from Pel-Air and the ASRR provided a good platform for inquiry; but IMO, it is time for an ‘in depth’, public examination of how CASA is actually run and by whom. It is a frustrating topic, due to a lack of hard information. Many of the IOS believe that the workings of this committee and their decisions should be made available for scrutiny and independent peer review, if not to the public then at least to the Minister.
IOS reckon if a ‘responsible’ minister ever found out what goes away behind closed doors, he’d have a fit, lest the paying public ever discovered how one of most expensive departments manages the ‘ethics’ of their operatives.
Of course, it is all rumour and whispers at the moment; however, as Aunt Pru likes to mention, there ain’t smoke without fire. Maybe there will be slow day at Estimates and a couple of questions could be asked, by way of general inquiry into the working of this shadowy panel. We can only hope.
Toot - toot.
You don’t hear much about the CASA Ethics committee, an Aleck run crew; or, their doings. Precious little and not often in fact. But it exists. Only spoken of in whispers; those who actually dare to make complaint need keep very quiet until the dust settles and the complaint is tossed out.
If and it is a very big IF, there is to be any visible sign of ‘real’ CASA reform, driven by Senate persuasion, an examination, in depth, of some of the decisions and ruling made by this committee is essential. The power and control this small body has is as scary as the total lack of accountability, to anyone, for its actions, or lack thereof.
The ignored and maligned Senate recommendations from Pel-Air and the ASRR provided a good platform for inquiry; but IMO, it is time for an ‘in depth’, public examination of how CASA is actually run and by whom. It is a frustrating topic, due to a lack of hard information. Many of the IOS believe that the workings of this committee and their decisions should be made available for scrutiny and independent peer review, if not to the public then at least to the Minister.
IOS reckon if a ‘responsible’ minister ever found out what goes away behind closed doors, he’d have a fit, lest the paying public ever discovered how one of most expensive departments manages the ‘ethics’ of their operatives.
Of course, it is all rumour and whispers at the moment; however, as Aunt Pru likes to mention, there ain’t smoke without fire. Maybe there will be slow day at Estimates and a couple of questions could be asked, by way of general inquiry into the working of this shadowy panel. We can only hope.
Toot - toot.