Should people who put the wrong things in their bins be named and shamed? Genevieve and Ross dive in. Photo: File.
The Hoot podcast is here to unravel some murky doings in the national capital, from undisclosed political affiliations to procurement problems. Ross Solly and Genevieve Jacobs unpack the mess (and ask what the government is doing in your bins).
The ACT Auditor-General is asking for the board that governs procurement in the Territory to have a good hard look at itself, with the issues at CIT around “systems thinker” Patrick Hollingworth being a case in point.
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Mr Hollingworth says he will pursue CIT over the cancellation of a $5 million contract that, he says, the institution entered into willingly. But according to the Auditor-General’s report there’s a broader issue here around a failure to delve too deeply or take further action when recommendations are ignored.
Matters are a little less clear where community action groups are concerned. The Greater Canberra group has been approved as a stakeholder in conversations around urban infill. So should the group’s convener have revealed he is also a member of the Labor Party?
Ross isn’t so sure, but the argument is all about the need for sunshine in a small town, where there are multiple layers of connection between people’s jobs, interest groups and agendas.
So, what is the government doing in your bins? They’ve discovered all sorts of things about our rubbish in the ACT – many of them good – but what kind of surveillance should we expect? And can we name and shame people who don’t do the right thing?
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