FROM THE NEWS 2 The media reports regarding ‘cleaning off the barnacles’ continue two weeks after the Prime Minister first highlighted the ‘need’ Evidence of the practise is reflected in a number of changes in policy and regulation, including those relating to – payed maternity leave, the GP co-payment and the education ‘reforms’ It would […]

FROM THE NEWS 2 The media reports regarding ‘cleaning off the barnacles’ continue two weeks after the Prime Minister first highlighted the ‘need’ Evidence of the practise is reflected in a number of changes in policy and regulation, including those relating to – payed maternity leave, the GP co-payment and the education ‘reforms’ It would seem that someone has advised the PM to ‘clear the decks’ before Christmas and or the end of the year. It would seem that there is a strategy being implemented that involves starting 2015 with a ‘clean slate’ and ‘clear air’ My questions are two-fold: Are you as tired as I am of expressions like – “cleaning off the barnacles’ and ‘clear the decks’ – not to mention ‘team Australia’? and Will the strategy of cleaning off the barnacles now and with a view to setting up 2015 work? I will let the first question…