The sheer ignorance and dishonesty of Peter Dutton is explained by Judith Brett in today's Saturday Paper:
"Dutton pointed to the federal Education Department as a good example of waste, claiming it employed “thousands and thousands of people in Canberra” when it did not run schools or hire teachers. It does not employ thousands and thousands, not even 2000, people – just 1639.
"The big take-out for me from Dutton’s choice to live in Sydney is that he has so little interest in policy that he doesn’t recognise that working on policy is what a great many Canberra public servants do. They crunch data and advise governments on the social and economic implications of competing policy options. They oversee policy implementation and review policy outcomes. Dutton’s attack on Canberra public servants is an attack on the policy heart of Australian government."
Dutton portrays public servants as wasteful paper-shufflers who use red tape to stop real people getting things done. It all probably makes sense on Sky News. #Auspol #AustralianPolitics
"Dutton pointed to the federal Education Department as a good example of waste, claiming it employed “thousands and thousands of people in Canberra” when it did not run schools or hire teachers. It does not employ thousands and thousands, not even 2000, people – just 1639.
"The big take-out for me from Dutton’s choice to live in Sydney is that he has so little interest in policy that he doesn’t recognise that working on policy is what a great many Canberra public servants do. They crunch data and advise governments on the social and economic implications of competing policy options. They oversee policy implementation and review policy outcomes. Dutton’s attack on Canberra public servants is an attack on the policy heart of Australian government."
Dutton portrays public servants as wasteful paper-shufflers who use red tape to stop real people getting things done. It all probably makes sense on Sky News. #Auspol #AustralianPolitics
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