Bureaucracy
Should the ACCC’s chairman or its commissioners be able to leave their government position on Friday and start work a week later with a consulting firm advising clients on competition law matters?
It’s a good question and not as hypothetical as you may think.
Why? Well, in the dying days of Graeme Samuel’s tenure as ACCC Chairman he announced that shortly after leaving the ACCC he would be joining a “boutique corporate advisory firm.” There Samuel would no doubt be called on to boost the firm’s corporate deal making profile.
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The babysitter arrives, at $25 an hour, and you slam the car door and get out of there, heading for VicRoads to get your licence changed to your married name.
You get there in good time, marriage certificate in a firm pincer grip, and look knowingly, perhaps a little too so, at the people with one and two year olds hanging off their calf muscles, like some huge, noisy skin tag.
Yes, some could say you were indulgent and you don’t need a babysitter for a mere errand, but in your experience, government agencies are a pain that is best born alone.
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ummm… stress because you can’t get that loan you need by the time you need it, all because you can’t be bothered filing a few applications in the correct order now? Read more »
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