#haylen — Public Fediverse posts

"This isn’t a government; it’s a corporate concierge service."

That is #BernardKeane 's conclusion after enumerating the failures of the Minns govt in #NSW and crucifying the transport Minister Jo Haylen for her flippant disregard of public funds expenditure on her 'boozy trip' to Newcastle.

Apparently #Haylen is a a full member of the royal family of politician lifers. She never had another job that was not related to politics inside the #Labor party. Hence, completely out of touch.

And one wonders how it is that Labor (State and Federal) have lost touch with its foundational values. We are left to wonder why 'our Labor' is no longer concerned with our plight and why it is that there is so much cozying up to the big end of town.

Signaling our common disappointment Keane writes: "NSW Labor, in its three terms in opposition after the spectacular scandals, blatant corruption and in-fighting of its post-Carr years in government, learnt nothing about the importance of integrity in public office and its role in good government. It learnt only how to be electable again. It’s still a party that treats public resources as a private treasure chest, that gleefully politicises the public service, that sees only a seamless union of the private interests of MPs, the interests of NSW Labor and its union backers and the extended Labor family, and the public sector."

Bugger... where does that leave me at the next State election? What kind of choice am I really going to be given when all I want is #tranparency, #accountability and real #representation?
#InUnity