On 03-May-15 2:20 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: > On 30/04/15 19:46, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > >> ... the roots of the problem go to Ministerial responsibilities as >> prescribed in the Constitution. ... > The Constitution does not say much about what ministers do, or what > departments there are.
But it does define ministerial responsibilities. Ministers are not attracted by the thought of delegating key aspects of their portfolio to someone else, especially a potential political rival. The debacle of the Fahey/Howard whole of government outsourcing initiative did nothing to encourage such thoughts. -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
