Grattan Institute report on policy blockages: Ken Dobinson gives a first-hand account

06/08/2021 24 min
Grattan Institute report on policy blockages: Ken Dobinson gives a first-hand account

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Episode Synopsis

As we mentioned in our news service, the Grattan Institute has just released a report titled Gridlock: removing barriers to policy reform
It was very critical of systemic problems in government including
• The reducing of expertise and independence of the public service,
• Too many ministerial advisers closely tied to political parties
• Lack of control of political donations, campaign finance, lobbying, and post-politics careers.
• And the absence of a federal anti-corruption commission with teeth.

Is there a strong basis for their comments and what should be down about it?
Ken Dobinson was a senior executive in what was then the Department of Main Roads in NSW and he joins us now.

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