Opinion
The Senate’s mock outrage games shame all
Threatening corporate leaders with jail time over an accounting contrivance is part of a trend where the national parliament is becoming a theatre for showboating and mock outrage.
Tom BurtonGovernment editorWithin bureaucratic circles there has been increasing unease about the Senate committee system becoming what one mandarin this week described as “a showboating exercise for social media�.
At its July meeting, the secretaries’ board last year discussed the rising febrile nature of estimates hearings, the twice-yearly official review of government expenditures.
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