Frank ( All saints DOCTOR) is just oh so good. The epitamy of the current struggle of the BUSY caring individual VS corporation and the individaul VS those who use power and process so wel weighted in their favour (Deanna). Yes the efficient deanna is actually helped along by an overly willing business like BUT less busy and fat lined ( eg call meetings whenever they like) process empire builders.
The balance is wrong and wrong because our leaders think business knows best .
The reality is that business knows best how to look after itself - creating their own cosy process building empires at the expense of people who actualy do the work . and true carers can go jump cause they multibag .Now there is a skill you can't fit into those silly myopic performance assessmnent methods these powerbrokers use to whitewash the sepulchres.

Most importantly for those who want to ACTUALLY avoid the neccesary bureaucarcy from becoming its its own worst enemy ( are you really listening - MS PIKE )IS the idea that you must INCREASE the ability of professionals to make decsion --the wider community ( not you !)agrees that they Are BEST to do the job -- and not polys or those who use power and process to win ---politically (Are you listening mr hulls on development along the coast or just hoping the problem will go away . Why would your children train to be planners? why would the gretaer geelong council even bother to do do the big picture study when the govt will predicatbly find the big picture decision too hard and go lokin in the sand for answers professionals can and should make . stalemate or stupidmate?

Whatever happened to Ian Campbell,the parrot producing minister , you say on cuttingedge conservation . He like so many environmental ministers before him wants to believe that you can get credit for pinning the tail on the donkey with a blindfold on .
The greatest evil is being done in the name of environment . The safety paralient needs, it is eroding, by making a joke out the very things that scientifically and practically detremine our childrens future .
Why aren't the people alarmed ? , we don't blog . ?
Scientists are being treated like a joke.We learn to check our facts . Polys need to check whether what they hear is mere echo ! After all every really important env decision will ofetn require more DISCUSSION than determination, before IT ACTUALLY WORKS CHANGE . As cutting edg carers know ,ideas are fine but implemenation is the big issue and is for real experts to sort out .
If you want your kids to end up in a dead end career, let them train in one of the most complex areas ever and then let them try to influnce the wilful bunch of environemntal experts who get the very TOP jobs in that portfolio.I know i have ben there!