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A common response to any suggestion that the Constitution needs reform is “if it aint broke, don’t fix it”. But the fact is that the document is broke, and increasingly so.
The latest example concerns the School Chaplain program, started by the Howard government, and retained and extended by the Rudd and Gillard governments. This clearly offended one Queensland parent, who managed to find sufficient support for a High Court appeal against the whole program.
He put two arguments against the Chaplain program funded by the federal government. He claimed it interfered with a principle of separation of church and state. The High Court unanimously rejected this.
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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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graham says:
Evidence of wrongdoing should be the only basis for any form of punishment or deprivation. Peter Rieth, for whom I have no time is no different to G.S. or Bob Carr or anyone else in regard to this matter. To assume that Fred or Bill or Mary will take advantage… Read more »
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stephen says:
Yes he does appear honourable, agreed. His appointment by John Howard, knowing that G.S. was a merchant Banker, may have been unwise. And Tenex has a number of Government Defence contracts, I think. Probably a good thing that knowledgable people get good jobs in the private sector. It is however,… Read more »
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