tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post9207842798856128405..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-65943660053516150862010-07-16T21:16:24.267+10:002010-07-16T21:16:24.267+10:00Macromanagement and micromanagement are not the is...Macromanagement and micromanagement are not the issue: the issue is flaky and arbitrary intervention followed by long periods of inactivity and all cloaked in silence and half-arsed positioning, bad management and bad government.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-62700998559231814092010-07-16T15:19:41.997+10:002010-07-16T15:19:41.997+10:00And yet most old public servants will tell you the...And yet most old public servants will tell you the country was never so well run as during the Hawke Despondency (which was more like two than four years, IIRC). Because Hawke had a very capable ministry that rose to the challenge and thrived on the enforced devolution.<br /><br />Micromanagers like Rudd don't understand that their sort of excessive "discipline" is actually really, really bad management.derrida deridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-91707322139087152602010-07-15T21:12:27.255+10:002010-07-15T21:12:27.255+10:00Thank you John.
Not sure I was having a go at O&...Thank you John. <br /><br />Not sure I was having a go at O'Brien, though one of my grounds for admiration was misplaced.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-3541417756741309652010-07-15T20:04:36.429+10:002010-07-15T20:04:36.429+10:00Andrew, Kerry O'Brien was never Hawke's pr...Andrew, Kerry O'Brien was never Hawke's press secretary. Barrie Cassidy is who you're thinking of. <br /><br />You then compound the damage by using your error as the basis for slagging off Kerry in the remainder of the paragraph. You should correct your posting.John Bignucolonoreply@blogger.com