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punky · 05-05-2005, 00:32

Good post BBKing... reading the gumpf so we do have to

All except point 7 1 (b) do seem to relegate the chairman to a mere consultant's position rather than the leader, which is wrong. Like you said, it is supposed to be an independent report on the government, not the minister's intrepretation of what he thinks an independent report should be.

I would still like to know why the government feels this is necessary, as something must have triggered it. It should be standard practice as with any new law, examples of justification should be given.

If I may put my cynic hat on for a minute, would it actually make a real world difference? The last couple of independent reports have beeen labelled as whitewashes (proabbly because it doesn't say what people want to hear).

05-05-2005, 00:32	#34
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 45 Posts: 14,750	Re: The Inquiries Act Good post BBKing... reading the gumpf so we do have to All except point 7 1 (b) do seem to relegate the chairman to a mere consultant's position rather than the leader, which is wrong. Like you said, it is supposed to be an independent report on the government, not the minister's intrepretation of what he thinks an independent report should be. I would still like to know why the government feels this is necessary, as something must have triggered it. It should be standard practice as with any new law, examples of justification should be given. If I may put my cynic hat on for a minute, would it actually make a real world difference? The last couple of independent reports have beeen labelled as whitewashes (proabbly because it doesn't say what people want to hear).