No, not the actor Nigel Hawthorne. Sadly that great British actor passed away 20 years ago on Boxing Day in 2001. He was aged 72 when he passed away. (Yes he was born in 1929)
No we're talking about everything his political sitcom character stood for. Activity not outcome, more public servants but not actually serving the public. And of course the classic line, the sadly scarily accurate line from Bernard from Yes Prime Minister referring to the Public Service recommendations to Ministers "It'll be like a conjuring trick. You know, take any card. You always end up with the card the magician forced you to take."
The actual overdue death of Sir Humphrey is about Ministers, Senior Bureacrats, Members of Parliament, Cabinet members all cool their jets & only get involved with Legislation that will help, serve & protect the general public.
We have too much legislation now
We have too much over reach now
We have too much regulation now
And we have too many old Acts of Parliament that need to be removed.
The WA Parliament spent not nearly enough time on the recently passed bill on Electoral Reform & also the Aboriginal Heritage bill. Both were rammed through both houses, no amendments were allowed, no referral to Parliamentary Committees were allowed & debate time was reduced. It was a disgusting perversion of the proper legislative process. The reported comments of a WALabor MP at a social event laughing and saying the only place more in control of legislation would be North Korea might actually be true. However it'll be the smallest finest margin between the two.
So a "Yes" equals 1 point & a "NO" equals 2 points.
Anyone resembling Sir Humphrey Applebee should start clearing their desk out, return the work laptop, phone, car and...everything else.
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