My view is that Westminster government was a complete anathema to Scott Morrison and his ministers during their time in power. I agree with the editorial that the executive government is ultimately accountable for the robo-debt debacle with one slight variation. We use our politicians as scapegoats for our own glaring shortcomings. I believe that we get the leaders we deserve. A majority of people in this country put those mediocre people in charge or allowed/assisted in the malfeasance of it all. We are all responsible in a mature society. Your editorial walks the same old line we’ve all been programmed to accept: the fish rots from the head down (“ Responsibility for robo-debt lies with politicians”, July 21). And we don’t know how much was negotiated with the then DFAT and former human services secretary or what other inconvenient background issues came into play. Hopefully more documents will be dragged out of bottom drawers to better inform parliament and the public about what happens when the promised integrity and transparency in government, and in high-level administrative decision-making, get lost when addressing an uncomfortable and costly problem. It looks like a cabal of powerful yet blinkered men at the top of the Australian public service juggled and compared high-level salary package deals and dollar values, in order to cook up a cosy job placement for Kathryn Campbell as requested by the federal government, without advising how the “must move a secretary today” exercise might further illustrate that “the fish rots from the head” (“ Crossbench demands answers on suspension”, July 21). Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size
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