Commonwealth Ombudsman to resign: and have a decko as to WHY!!!

true lilly wrote:Maybe he also 'fell on his sword',
to help expose
The Bloody Back Stabbing GREENS...

Australia's Commonwealth Ombudsman resigns
ABC Online - Chris Uhlmann - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
Commonwealth Ombudsman Allan Asher has bowed to pressure and resigned after admitting he scripted questions for the Green to ask him during a parliamentary hearing. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The Commonwealth Ombudsman has quit under intense pressure from ...

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'They' KEEP SELLING US 'Their' POISONOUS LIES...
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Questions may cost taxpayers $2 million

Peter Mickelburough
THE State's biggest paper chase has been launched
by the State Opposition,
amid claims it could cost taxpayers millions.

Opposition paper chase
may have $2m price tag for taxpayers
by:Peter Mickelburough
From:Herald Sun
October 24, 2011 12:00AM
THE State's biggest paper chase has been launched by the State
Opposition and the Government claims it could cost taxpayers more than
$2 million.

Labor unleashed a barrage of 14,130 questions to government
ministers in 2828 five-part Questions on Notice in the Legislative
Council on one day in the last sitting week.

The torrent was a record for a single day
and dwarfs the total Questions on Notice
in the Upper House for all of 2008, 2009 and 2010 combined.

Just printing them to provide a copy to every MP was a major exercise.
Almost all were identical "cookie cutter" questions asking if ministers or
their staff had met representatives of various lobbying firms.
According to Department of Premier and Cabinet estimates,
answering Questions on Notice take public servants two to 15 hours.

This would put the time to answer Labor's requests at between 5600 and
42,400 hours, or between 700 and 5200 working days at a cost between
$280,000 and $2.1 million in wages.

Results: Paper Chase
Thanks for voting!

Is submitting the long list of questions a waste of taxpayers' cash?

Yes 83.87% (26 votes)
No 16.13% (5 votes)

Total votes: 31

Any answers will also have to be printed and distributed.

"Daniel Andrews and Labor are prepared to waste taxpayers' money even in
opposition - just like it did for 11 years when in government - divert
enormous public service resources and abuse parliamentary process for
nothing more than a political stunt," a government spokeswoman said.

But Opposition scrutiny of government spokesman Martin Pakula said the
flood of questions was a direct response to the Government's refusal to
answer questions inside or outside Parliament, including previous
questions about lobbyists.

"This Government is using every device it can to avoid scrutiny and is rapidly
becoming a highly secretive one that won't answer questions or explain itself," he said.

Mr Pakula said the exercise would not cost $2 million because the Government
would give generic "whole of government" responses as it had to similar questions
in the Lower House.

...but then, maybe not....

Commonwealth Ombudsman, Allan Asher







Mr Allan Asher






Allan Asher began his five-year appointment as Commonwealth Ombudsman on 30 August 2010.



He has been an outspoken consumer advocate for some 40 years.



Before becoming Ombudsman,


Mr Asher was the inaugural chief
executive officer of


the Australian Communications Consumer Action
Network (ACCAN),


the peak advocacy body

for communications consumers.

Prior to ACCAN, Mr Asher spent ten years in the UK,


as Director
of Campaigns and Communication


with the Consumers' Association,


and as a
board member of the Office of Fair Trading.


He also worked for the
global non-government organisation,


Consumers International, and from
2003 to 2008 was CEO of Energy Watch,


which protected consumer rights in
a deregulated energy market.



At Energy Watch (now part of Consumer Focus), he helped curb
inappropriate conduct by energy companies that included cutting off
customers' power during Britain's freezing winters and using thugs to
bully people into signing unconscionable contracts.



Before leaving for Britain in 2000,


Mr Asher spent ten years at
the Australian Competition


and Consumer Commission (ACCC)


as Deputy
Chairperson and Consumer Protection Commissioner.



Earlier in his career he spent 10 years at the Australian Consumers' Association.



Mr Asher studied law at The University of Sydney, and is admitted as


a Barrister and Solicitor to the High Court.



In addition to his role as Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Asher is the:

• ACT Ombudsman
  
• Postal Industry Ombudsman
  
• Defence Force Ombudsman
  
• Law Enforcement Ombudsman
  
• Immigration Ombudsman
  
• Taxation Ombudsman
  
• Overseas Students Ombudsman.
  

View the media release announcing Mr Allan Asher's appointment.

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