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Anna Penney's avatar

Yes add two more cabinet posts, one ironically looking at the cost of living, while forcing us to pay for more staff for these new MHAs. If this is Premier Hogan in action, I’m not impressed.

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Edward Hollett's avatar

Slapping a new name on a department does not mean anything.

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Tor's avatar

What about the hundreds of thousands that must be spent on re-branding, letterheads, vehicle liveries, business cards, web sites, telephone directories, media advertisements, signage, voicemail changes, … ?

One name change years ago had people scratching out department names on cards and adding in by hand the new name. I know, shag the above expense and put in a giant order at WalMart for a couple of hundred thousand Bic pens.

I think you are right about how much deadwood will disappear if there is ever an election called and Young Andrew Parsons isn’t going anywhere, there might yet be a palace coup.

The old incompetents at least had some flavour, Ross Barbour comes to mind, buddy Dawe, Ed Maynard, the list is long

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Edward Hollett's avatar

Vista Print can do the cards quicker and cheaper but since that sort of stuff is mostly done by the Queen's Printer, the government can do all that stuff in-house.

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