It seems the Government is determined to go ahead with the re-location of the Pesticides and Vet. Medicines Authority to Armidale notwithstanding the almost universal condemnation of the idea from farmers, other users of their services and the people who work in the organisation. On the latest figures, only 10 to 15% of the current scientists who work there will make the move. How can the. government justify the loss of this amount of expertise because of one questionable decision?
This decision was no more than a pork-barrelling exercise by Barnaby Joyce worried about losing his seat to a resurgent Tony Windsor. All the rest is collateral damage. And the cost of $25million for the move is just petty cash.
However, the government must be experiencing the fallout from what is being said by the staff, commenting at social occasions and on social media. To combat this, they have issued suggestions as to what people should say when thy are quizzed. One piece of BBQ banter includes: “It’s no secret that the agency is changing – and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.”
Employees unsure if they will make the move are advised to say, "I’m listening to what our executive have to say about the transition, but for the moment I’m getting on with the job." You couldn't make it up.
It's such a joy watching this mob at work, like an episode of Carry On Governing, with Sid James as Barnaby Joyce.
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