John Howard’s architect of current public service rules and culture, turning it into ‘ideological office family’ was ‘Max the Axe’ Moore-Wilton. Later, following the suicide of nurse Saldana after prank call from radio station of which he was chair, said ‘shit happens’. #auspol
The late Paul Barrett who was highly respected was a victim of ‘Max the Axe’ rules. As Sec of Defence, he fell out with Minister and was sacked. He claimed unfair dismissal and lost. Hopefully @KarenMMiddleton will do expose of how public service became like it is today. #auspol
Howard appointed Moore-Wilton in 1996. Immediately he sacked 11,000 public servants, 6 Departmental heads and aggressively outsourced Govt services. This is how big four were brought in to ‘inform’ Govt policy @MichaelWestBiz This is why public service became Ministerial service.
John Howard and Maxwell Moore-Wilton changed the rules and oversaw the cultural and operational shift in the Aust Public Service that 20 yrs later enabled #Robodebt. The story starts with them #auspol @KarenMMiddleton Hold them to account.
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