Comments on David Penberthy “Memo MPs: the public has had a gutful of Utegate”, 24/06/2009, http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/memo-mps-public-has-had-a-gutful-of-utegate/
It is regrettable things like these happened in Federal politics. But it is important for both sides of politics to hold the other side accountable for what they do. This is an important check and balance in our democracy and governance.
If any blames are to be made, the receivers should be the government and its ministers. They created the whole thing in the first place.
The government also used the public services and the police improperly to gain party advantages at the expense of justice and the opposition. Both public services and the police also acted poorly and improperly. Treasury did not act as independently and impartial and non-political as it should. Neither did the police in its inquiry.
The imprudent tactics by Turnbull just unfortunately created an opportunity for the government and the Prime Minister to seize to cover their own mess in the Utegate affairs. There is a lesson for Turnbull and its close ministers in terms of political skills.
The whole drama indicates there should be a royal commission inquiry into this matter, including the roles of politicians and public services and the police. Further there should be a judiciary body, like NSW State ICAC, to handle and investigate potential impropriety of federal politicians, as well as bureaucrats. Leave matters like the Utegate fiasco to government is unfair to the public.
Showing posts with label Utegate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Utegate. Show all posts
2009-06-23
The Utegate affairs - a conspiracy of some sort?
Comments on Harry Clark “Swan should go & maybe but probably not Rudd”, 21/06/2009, http://www.harryrclarke.com/2009/06/21/swan-should-go-maybe-rudd/
The email is proven to be fake and was reportedly concocted within Treasury.
Swan has another reason to resign, because he is the Treasurer and the email was from his department that generated the recent Utegate political drama. By the way, the drama did reveal Swan misled the parliament and he should go definitely without any doubt left.
Besides, was there a conspiracy of some sort here? There are a few questions. First, why and how was the fake email sent to Grech who appeared in the Senate estimates and distressed and said he remembered an email of this sort but said could not find it?
Second, why was the email purported to be from Rudd's office?
Third, why didn't other more senior Treasury officials who received other emails sent to Swan's home or office, indicating some sort of special treatment of Grant, point out to Grech that that action or behaviour is inappropriate?
Fourth, why and how was such a fake email leaked, first to the opposition and then to the media?
Fifth, why did all these happen to Grech who also worked for Hockey briefly in the past?
Six, why the first internal IT search within PMC and Treasury did not find any fake email, but the police say that fake email was from Treasury?
It seems there is a need for Royal Commission inquiry of the whole thing. There should be not only heads roll from politicians, but also from senior bureaucrats such as the Treasury head as John Stone implied, given the role they played in the Utegate affairs.
The email is proven to be fake and was reportedly concocted within Treasury.
Swan has another reason to resign, because he is the Treasurer and the email was from his department that generated the recent Utegate political drama. By the way, the drama did reveal Swan misled the parliament and he should go definitely without any doubt left.
Besides, was there a conspiracy of some sort here? There are a few questions. First, why and how was the fake email sent to Grech who appeared in the Senate estimates and distressed and said he remembered an email of this sort but said could not find it?
Second, why was the email purported to be from Rudd's office?
Third, why didn't other more senior Treasury officials who received other emails sent to Swan's home or office, indicating some sort of special treatment of Grant, point out to Grech that that action or behaviour is inappropriate?
Fourth, why and how was such a fake email leaked, first to the opposition and then to the media?
Fifth, why did all these happen to Grech who also worked for Hockey briefly in the past?
Six, why the first internal IT search within PMC and Treasury did not find any fake email, but the police say that fake email was from Treasury?
It seems there is a need for Royal Commission inquiry of the whole thing. There should be not only heads roll from politicians, but also from senior bureaucrats such as the Treasury head as John Stone implied, given the role they played in the Utegate affairs.
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