Tony Abbott’s messy attempt to rub Aboriginal affairs
Tony Abbott’s indigenous takeover in ‘disarray’, The Age September 12, 2014 – Noel Towell Reporter for The Canberra Times Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s takeover of indigenous affairs is in “disarray”, public service insiders allege, with hundreds of specialist public servants retrenched, funding and programs stalled and staff morale in the “doldrums”.
Senior leaders in the Prime Minister and Cabinet department’s Indigenous Affairs Group have based themselves in Canberra’s dress circle, nearly 10 kilometres away from their rank-and-file workers, who are still reeling after repeated restructures to their workplaces.
The internal problems have emerged on the eve of the Prime Minister’s trip to Arnhem Land, part of his pledge to be “a prime minister for indigenous affairs” that also included the takeover by PM&C of indigenous functions from several other government agencies…….: http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service/tony-abbotts-indigenous-takeover-in-disarray-20140912-10fgbf.html#ixzz3DEoYGeH2
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