The Canberra Times has an interesting story on the retirement address of former Public Service Commissioner, Andrew Podger.
In a forthright – by public service standards – address at a farewell function on Thursday, he said there must be a “strong suspicion that partisan interests are often the main consideration, and public servants … give more weight to the concerns of ministers than to the public interest …
It’s just a shame he wasn’t so forthright when he held a position of authority.