Bureaucracy. Is Australia the World's Worst?

[woodPixel]

30 years ago my high school home economics text book featured a “recipe” for vegemite on toast.

THAT is almost something that could severe tensions, even a decent pub fight.

-- Thick spread
-- Thin spread
-- Margerine, thick or thin, or
-- Butter.... mmm

My PREFERENCES are for medium spread with lots of margarine.

Then there is the toast! .... white, brown, wholemeal... lightly toasted or dark... my preference is wholemeal "until is jjuuuussst starts to pop the seeds".

And those feckin barbarians who leave traces of marg in the vegi. Jesus Holy Christmas does that get my goat.

This is no light thing!

Serious. Pub fight serious

[Fuzzie]

It all makes me wonder what would happen if all the clubs doing Bunnies BBQ's started to get checked for food handling certification.

[damian]

THAT is almost something that could severe tensions, even a decent pub fight.

-- Thick spread
-- Thin spread
-- Margerine, thick or thin, or
-- Butter.... mmm

My PREFERENCES are for medium spread with lots of margarine.

Then there is the toast! .... white, brown, wholemeal... lightly toasted or dark... my preference is wholemeal "until is jjuuuussst starts to pop the seeds".

And those feckin barbarians who leave traces of marg in the vegi. Jesus Holy Christmas does that get my goat.

This is no light thing!

Serious. Pub fight serious

Margarine ?!!? Burn him! Burn him at the stake....

On 09 we were in Picton NZ. I was out early looking for breakfast. I stopped looked around realised I was in the middle of a building site. They were digging up the road. Meanwhile in Ipswich some people took it upon themselves to do some work on a gutter. They got stopped by some official because they needed a barrier and an army of traffic controllers...

I doubt very much we are the worst but it's frustrating at times. I saw a comedian on telly once point out that OH&S is to stop you doing things and political correctness is to stop you saying things. Much truth.

The pendulum swings. The left's whinging has been becoming more shrill these last 10 years and now society is swinging hard right. It is hilarious watching the mostly left media dazed and confused when Trump, Morrison and now Johnson have landslide wins. Unfortunately the swing is already ugly and getting worse. I would not like to be a woman, muslim or homosexual over the coming decades...

[AlexS]

...the mostly left media...

I guess that would be the Daily Telegraph, the Australian, the Courier Mail, the Herald Sun, the Mercury), the Advertiser, the NT News, more than 100 local and regional newspapers and so many magazines and other media outlets that I couldn't be bothered to count them, owned by News Corp. I guess if you think they're left wing, you're flying somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun.

(That's not a critique of the rest of your post, most of which I agree with.)

[Handyjack]

There is a Government department that I do casual work for. Five hours every four to six weeks. (Very casual.) I have been doing the same job (Technical Officer) for 28 years.
It is only in the last couple of years that they have started compulsory compliance on line training. I would rather spend my five hours with Joe Public than the office computer that I never touch. Courses that I have had to do include Manual handling and anti-discrimination. Another one was Human Rights.
For some reason there has been no First Aid or Emergency Procedure training, even though at times I could be the only staff member in the area.
If they insist I do further training I would not regret (since they have so many staff to fill my position NOT) resigning.

[Handyjack]

I have been a member and volunteer of a society for over 35 years. Over this time the average age of volunteers has increased.
In the last 18 months the number of policies and new requirements has been increased. I have heard that new volunteers and returning volunteers need to not only do a (free) medical, but also supply a letter of reference and do a two day induction. This is only to become a volunteer, before doing specific training for the area they have chosen. Any wonder there is a shortage.
This year alone I would have done at least three days (compulsory) training, two in the evening and the other during the day instead of the volunteer shift I was rostered on. Another nights training was cancelled.

There are a number of volunteers who have been suspended, or quit due to misdeeds including having a difference of opinion to management.

[Pagie]

Polies dont have to prove they are competent to run the country.

[Bushmiller]

Polies dont have to prove they are competent to run the country.

There would be a dearth of candidates if they required competency!!

Regards
Paul

[elanjacobs]

Polies dont have to prove they are competent to run the country.

To be fair, voters don't have to prove they are competent to elect them either

[A Duke]

[QUOTE=elanjacobs;2166170]To be fair, voters don't have to prove they are competent to elect them either[/QUOTE.

One man one vote, then some one let woman have a go too
Regards

[Beardy]

To be fair, voters don't have to prove they are competent to elect them either

That is a fair point, we have seen in the past pollies elected because they were in a Rock band or liked a beer or their sporting merits.
You wouldn’t select your accountant or lawyer on that criteria but to run the country..............

[damian]

I guess that would be the Daily Telegraph, the Australian, the Courier Mail, the Herald Sun, the Mercury), the Advertiser, the NT News, more than 100 local and regional newspapers and so many magazines and other media outlets that I couldn't be bothered to count them, owned by News Corp. I guess if you think they're left wing, you're flying somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun.

(That's not a critique of the rest of your post, most of which I agree with.)

No Murdock's papers are not particularly left wing, but the lefties are convinced they are right wing. Perception is a fascinating thing. Labor have told people they are the friends of the working class and defenders of the vulnerable so many times that their supporters believe it. Conversely the coalition spruke economic management and being business friendly. If you look at what they do instead of what they say there isn't daylight between them.

I'm a political moderate and find the whole thing terribly amusing. Because I'm not at all invested in any ideology it is constantly hilarious to watch people disappear down the rabbit hole. The first thing they forget is without a majority they can't do anything, and without the moderates there is no majority.

[rustynail]

Spent 50 years in the trade. Would never work for a politician or a lawyer.

[crowie]

Spent 50 years in the trade. Would never work for a politician or a lawyer.

How about we have a tradie revolution; kick out the PM's & bureaucrats and put the self employed hard working tradies into Parliament House....

We'd have working plumbing, electricity that works, buildings that are solid & well maintained; they'd start early and only leave when the job was completed....

Much better value for money especially without all the bureaucracy....

[rustynail]

They could take their ladders and lean them up against that stupid ladder rack on the top of parliament house.