”Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” So said Warren Buffett. And the tide has ebbed on the Coalition’s claim to be superior economic managers. Exposed by its bungled response to the pandemic, both in the provision of health protections and economic safety nets, the government has proved Buffett’s aphorism. Alan Austin crunches the numbers.
Source: Eight years in, how do our Coalition economic management gurus measure up? – Michael West Media
Surprise Surprise Murdoch Media give Morrison an A for 2021
“It has been a rollercoaster year for the PM that saw a number of mid-year struggles (Brittany Higgins, vaccine rollout) neutralised or turned into net positives,” the article reads.
Regional and rural individuals and organisations believed
that their application for a grant would judged on merit. They were
sadly... The minister responsible for reporting on Round 5 is the Deputy Prime
Minister as the relevant portfolio minister. We put detailed questions
to Barnaby Joyce about the blatant manipulation by the panel, and
whether panel recused themselves when awarding grants in their
electorate.
We also asked what the Deputy Prime Minister would say to the large
number of applicants that submitted projects in good faith, scored very
highly and ranked very highly only to be done over by the ministerial
panel which awarded grants to less deserving and meritorious
applications.
Zero response. Zero, courtesy of the “butterfly effect”, being the
exact number of BBRF Round 5 ministerial overturns that will be reported
to the Minister for Finance.
It also the number that best represents the transparency and accountability of the BBRF.
The government has announced a Round 6 of BBRF with another $250
million of funding, bringing the total funding across its life to
rortingly gargantuan $1.63 billion.
The ANAO is currently auditing the program its report is not due until May 2022 – most likely after the election.
A likely groundhog day scenario awaits of the ANAO excoriating the
program but with no consequences for the ministers and officials who
oversee it.
Bring on a federal anti-corruption commission with the largest fangs possible.
The minister responsible for reporting on Round 5 is the Deputy Prime Minister as the relevant portfolio minister. We put detailed questions to Barnaby Joyce about the blatant manipulation by the panel, and whether panel recused themselves when awarding grants in their electorate.
We also asked what the Deputy Prime Minister would say to the large number of applicants that submitted projects in good faith, scored very highly and ranked very highly only to be done over by the ministerial panel which awarded grants to less deserving and meritorious applications.
Zero response. Zero, courtesy of the “butterfly effect”, being the exact number of BBRF Round 5 ministerial overturns that will be reported to the Minister for Finance.
It also the number that best represents the transparency and accountability of the BBRF.
The government has announced a Round 6 of BBRF with another $250 million of funding, bringing the total funding across its life to rortingly gargantuan $1.63 billion.
The ANAO is currently auditing the program its report is not due until May 2022 – most likely after the election.
A likely groundhog day scenario awaits of the ANAO excoriating the program but with no consequences for the ministers and officials who oversee it.
Bring on a federal anti-corruption commission with the largest fangs possible.
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