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From: Rod Speed on 9 Feb 2010 01:47 Rob wrote: > http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/how-to-get-a-450000-job-no-ads-required--just-a-nice-word-from-the-minister-20100209-no66.html > Of all the Rudd Government�s ambitious ''nation building'' plans, its scheme to plough billions of dollars into > building a superfast > communications network is the most risky and dubious. That is very arguable indeed. There is no risk whatever, the worst they might have to do is spend some of the money that the govt got from flogging off Telstra to pay for it. Corse it is arguable if that is the best thing to spend that money on instead of say hospitals etc. > A highly-regarded Labor political strategist, Kaiser was appointed > last November to the $450,000 a year position as head of government > relations and external affairs for NBN Co, the government-owned > company which is to build the $43 billion broadband network. Not a bad idea to have an ex labor ape in a job like that. > Now we have learnt that there was a singular lack of process around > this hiring - and apparently around many of the hirings at NBN Co. Sure, but that isnt at all unusual with either side of politics. > In response to Opposition questions at a Senate estimates hearing on Monday, NBN Co's chief executive Mike Quigley > said it was Communications Minister Stephen Conroy who had suggested Kaiser for the position. > Quigley told the hearing that after Kaiser was mentioned by Senator > Conroy he had referred the name to NBN Co's head of human resources. > Kaiser was hired after two interviews, one with Quigley, and reference checks. The job was not advertised. Pointless advertising it if the decision has already been made. > There was no executive search process. Pointless doing that if the decision has already been made. > No other candidates were short-listed. Pointless doing that if the decision has already been made. > Yet Quigley insisted this was an appropriate selection processs. What do you expect him to say, 'yes we fucked up' ? > ''We made an assessment against what we believed the job needed to have. We've done that in other circumstances > also,'' he told the Senate > standing committee on environment, communications and the arts
From: Torpedo on 9 Feb 2010 04:02 http://www.theage.com.au/national/gillard-partners-healthy-promotion-20081125-6hh8.html "Rob" <mesamine(a)google.com> wrote in message news:hkqlf4$aua$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/how-to-get-a-450000-job-no-ads-required--just-a-nice-word-from-the-minister-20100209-no66.html > > > > Of all the Rudd Government�s ambitious ''nation building'' plans, its > scheme to plough billions of dollars into building a superfast > communications network is the most risky and dubious. > > A highly-regarded Labor political strategist, Kaiser was appointed last > November to the $450,000 a year position as head of government relations > and external affairs for NBN Co, the government-owned company which is > to build the $43 billion broadband network. > > Now we have learnt that there was a singular lack of process around this > hiring - and apparently around many of the hirings at NBN Co. > > In response to Opposition questions at a Senate estimates hearing on > Monday, NBN Co's chief executive Mike Quigley said it was Communications > Minister Stephen Conroy who had suggested Kaiser for the position. > > Quigley told the hearing that after Kaiser was mentioned by Senator > Conroy he had referred the name to NBN Co's head of human resources. > > Kaiser was hired after two interviews, one with Quigley, and reference > checks. The job was not advertised. There was no executive search > process. No other candidates were short-listed. > > Yet Quigley insisted this was an appropriate selection processs. ''We > made an assessment against what we believed the job needed to have. > We've done that in other circumstances also,'' he told the Senate > standing committee on environment, communications and the arts > > "snips excluded"
From: Rod Speed on 9 Feb 2010 14:01 B J Foster wrote: > Rob wrote: >> http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/how-to-get-a-450000-job-no-ads-required--just-a-nice-word-from-the-minister-20100209-no66.html >> > ... >> >> Now we have learnt that there was a singular lack of process around >> this hiring - and apparently around many of the hirings at NBN Co. >> > > Are there others? Corse there are.
From: Evan on 9 Feb 2010 17:31
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