More ALP bungling

THE Gillard government have been forced to hand over millions of dollars of taxpayers’ funds in compensation to Sky News after bungling the $223 million tender to run the Australia Network international television service. Cabinet twice overruled unanimous public service advice that Sky News be given the 10-year contract to provide Australia’s international “soft diplomacy”. Instead, the government aborted the tender process and handed the job to the ABC.

In a highly-critical finding, Mr McPhee said: “The manner and circumstances in which this high profile tender process was conducted brought into question the government’s ability to deliver such a sensitive process fairly and effectively.”

Conroy’s input is also questioned;

He found “perceptions, at least, of a conflict of interest”, arising from Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s role as the tender approver while also having portfolio responsibility for the ABC.

The ALP’s ABC gets the contract for just a couple of million more and whereas the report suggests bungling what can we do about it other than kick them out of office come election time? The ALP won’t even feel embarrassed about it – that’s how you do things, isn’t it?