Dear Editor,
David C Sanderson of Humpty Doo, (NT News Letters 22nd March, 2010) writing about the new Police Commissioner’s “ideas” on curbing drunkenness at the NTFL Grand Final concludes his very valid letter by urging the Commissioner and his officers to use the existing laws to deal with drunken idiots. In other words – enforce the law as it stands.
It seems to me that problems, or in many cases perceived problems are rarely tackled head-on by governments - using existing resources and laws. Instead, we see governments making more and more unnecessary laws and hiring more and more people – all mostly to no avail.
The NT Police have more officers per head of population than any other jurisdiction in Australia, yet crime figures in the NT are the Nation’s worst.
Similarly, with just about every other NT Government Department, there has been a huge increase in the number of employees. But can anyone who was here in the early days of Self Government honestly say the efficiency of the “services” offered has improved?
In my view, service delivery across most NT Government Departments has gone backwards. Especially since 2001, when the Martin/Henderson Labor Government came to power. Whether in health, education, child protection, policing or any area of general administrative services, the results are very poor.
And this is despite at least 5,000 extra public servants on the government’s payroll, at cost to taxpayer’s of at least half a billion dollars per year.
More laws and more personnel are always a cop-out (no pun intended) for hard decisions by real managers.
Do we have any REAL managers employed anywhere within the NT Government, including the police? Managers who could be successful in the REAL world – in the marketplace?
If so please speak up. We would love to hear from you.
Of course, in the mean time your political masters in the pathetically incompetent Henderson Labor Government will continue with spin, spin and more spin. And that, as we all know, never solves anything.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
22nd March, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Schools comparison
Dear Editor,
Surprise, surprise (well not to me) the school rankings lists published in the NT News clearly shows that in most cases non-government schools have out-performed those run by the NT Government.
It therefore seems obvious that salubrious buildings and facilities, highly paid (and protected) teachers and a massive education department bureaucracy are not required to produce outstanding educational outcomes.
In fact I am reliably informed that the education department bureaucracy is far more of a hindrance than a help to those teachers in the public sector who are truly dedicated to achieving the best results for their students.
It is high time that this NT government, and in fact all state and territory governments began dismantling the vast, unproductive and expensive empires that the under-performing public education system has created and began encouraging the creation of more independent (non-government) schools.
Not only will such a move save the ever-suffering taxpayer millions of dollars, but even more importantly, it will encourage good teachers to strive for excellence in education, as distinct from the government system which, as the rankings tables shows, produces mediocre or poor results.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
30th January, 2009
Surprise, surprise (well not to me) the school rankings lists published in the NT News clearly shows that in most cases non-government schools have out-performed those run by the NT Government.
It therefore seems obvious that salubrious buildings and facilities, highly paid (and protected) teachers and a massive education department bureaucracy are not required to produce outstanding educational outcomes.
In fact I am reliably informed that the education department bureaucracy is far more of a hindrance than a help to those teachers in the public sector who are truly dedicated to achieving the best results for their students.
It is high time that this NT government, and in fact all state and territory governments began dismantling the vast, unproductive and expensive empires that the under-performing public education system has created and began encouraging the creation of more independent (non-government) schools.
Not only will such a move save the ever-suffering taxpayer millions of dollars, but even more importantly, it will encourage good teachers to strive for excellence in education, as distinct from the government system which, as the rankings tables shows, produces mediocre or poor results.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
30th January, 2009
Mandatory Energy Efficiency.
Dear Editor,
The Henderson Labor Government, like the similarly incompetent Rudd Labor Government is of course: All talk and no action!
In fact, this hopeless government, having created the problem in the first place by failing to release sufficient land, continues to exacerbate the housing crisis by sticking their “beak” in (as they regularly do) where it is most definitely not required.
The stymieing of the proposed development of the old Bunnings site in Henderson’s Wanguri electorate is a classic example of his government’s intervention in the marketplace for no good reason. The end result, should this project eventually go ahead, will be fewer apartments at a higher cost. Hardly advantageous to those in search of accommodation – whether buyers or renters.
And again, recently, another housing affordability obstacle has been created by the Henderson Government with their decision to go ahead with a totally unnecessary “mandatory energy efficiency rating” for all new houses. We are told will this latest nonsense will add at least $14,000 to the cost of a $400,000 house. Surely no government which is really serious about wanting young Territorians to get into the housing market would even contemplate imposing such expensive and unwarranted nonsense on new home-owners?
Energy usage and efficiency is and always should be a matter for the individual. We have all seen the disasters (some sadly fatal) which have occurred when the Rudd Labor Government stupidly became involved in the provision of home insulation.
The Henderson government should immediately reject this nonsensical “mandatory energy efficiency” proposal, before it drives yet another nail in the coffin of home ownership for young Territorians.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
Woodleigh Gardens
16th February, 2010
Friday, December 18, 2009
The Henderson Government's "climate-change-policy".
I note the eternally hopeless, big spending, high taxing, bureaucracy-building and interfering Northern Territory Labor Government has this day announced their "climate-change" policy.
This pathetic excuse for a government (the Martin/Henderson Labor government) has done NOTHING of worth to Territorians since they were first elected in 2001. Sorry, Henderson, to his credit did work hard to secure the Inpex "deal" - which hopefully will eventually come to fruition. But that is his sole achievement!
But leaving NT Labor's only success to one side, one must wonder what these southern-controlled freaks have in mind for a future Northern Territory?
Do they seek to continue to control, interfere and regulate every aspect of Territorians lives, as the have done thus far?
Today's stupid and totally meaningless announcement of a "climate-change" policy is indicative of how this mob of ex-feeders-at-the-taxpayer-funded-trough see the world. They believe in, and act on the advice of bureaucrats and other time-serving, usually taxpayer-funded, nincompoops . Hence, this totally unnecessary policy which has NO benefit whatsoever for Territorians, and will make no difference to the world's climate, even if the theory of man-made-climate-change was proven. Which of course it is not.
Of course, since the Martin/Henderson government came to power they have plenty of form in deciding what is "best" for Territorians:
Totally over-the-top pool fencing laws. A knee-jerk reaction to the laziness and lack of supervision of one person.
Removal of open speed-limits. Again thanks to Labor's southern "advisors" from other Labor nanny states.
Blanket no-smoking legislation in private business houses. Again, as advised by southern Labor do-gooders. Smoking is a legal activity; only the business owner and the patron should determine whether non-smoking, partial-smoking or all-smoking is the way to go. In other words - the marketplace. Something the ex-public servants of Labor will never understand.
Territorians are a pretty easy-going lot. I wonder whether they may wake up one day (if they have not already) and find the Territory they used to love and cherish has been stolen from them - right before their eyes, by the fools and dreamers of Labor, aided and abetted by their southern political masters and "advisors".
With Rudd already well advanced in destroying Australia's once robust economy, we certainly do not need these local wreckers to cause even more unnecessary hardship here. And certainly not in the name of the theory of man-made-climate-change.
This pathetic excuse for a government (the Martin/Henderson Labor government) has done NOTHING of worth to Territorians since they were first elected in 2001. Sorry, Henderson, to his credit did work hard to secure the Inpex "deal" - which hopefully will eventually come to fruition. But that is his sole achievement!
But leaving NT Labor's only success to one side, one must wonder what these southern-controlled freaks have in mind for a future Northern Territory?
Do they seek to continue to control, interfere and regulate every aspect of Territorians lives, as the have done thus far?
Today's stupid and totally meaningless announcement of a "climate-change" policy is indicative of how this mob of ex-feeders-at-the-taxpayer-funded-trough see the world. They believe in, and act on the advice of bureaucrats and other time-serving, usually taxpayer-funded, nincompoops . Hence, this totally unnecessary policy which has NO benefit whatsoever for Territorians, and will make no difference to the world's climate, even if the theory of man-made-climate-change was proven. Which of course it is not.
Of course, since the Martin/Henderson government came to power they have plenty of form in deciding what is "best" for Territorians:
Totally over-the-top pool fencing laws. A knee-jerk reaction to the laziness and lack of supervision of one person.
Removal of open speed-limits. Again thanks to Labor's southern "advisors" from other Labor nanny states.
Blanket no-smoking legislation in private business houses. Again, as advised by southern Labor do-gooders. Smoking is a legal activity; only the business owner and the patron should determine whether non-smoking, partial-smoking or all-smoking is the way to go. In other words - the marketplace. Something the ex-public servants of Labor will never understand.
Territorians are a pretty easy-going lot. I wonder whether they may wake up one day (if they have not already) and find the Territory they used to love and cherish has been stolen from them - right before their eyes, by the fools and dreamers of Labor, aided and abetted by their southern political masters and "advisors".
With Rudd already well advanced in destroying Australia's once robust economy, we certainly do not need these local wreckers to cause even more unnecessary hardship here. And certainly not in the name of the theory of man-made-climate-change.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
ETS Bill Failure - good news for Australia
Most Australians do not fully appreciate how perilously close our country came to having a totally unnecessary, economy-destroying “Emissions Trading Scheme” - or indeed how fortunate we were to avoid it.
Had this frighteningly dangerous bill been passed by the Senate, Australia would have been changed forever - from a prosperous, mostly free-enterprise nation into an over-regulated uncompetitive third world country.
Australia’s competiveness, prosperity and ability to create future wealth would have been drastically reduced by the effects of an ETS. Business and household costs would have gone through the roof. We would be much poorer than we are now.
Additionally a massive ETS bureaucracy would be set up - collecting vast sums of money and re-distributing it by way of an enormous slush fund to finance cozy deals for union-affiliated “green businesses”. In other words only lazy, unproductive socialists would benefit. That is until the money ran out. Then, of course, everyone would lose. Australia would become a banana republic with a “leader” in the style of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s extreme left-wing President.
The election of straight-talking, clear-thinking Tony Abbott as Leader of the Opposition has saved Australia from ruin – at least for the moment.
However, and fortunately, the voters now have a clear choice between the big (wasteful) spending, high taxing, over-regulated and increasingly leftist government of Kevin Rudd complete with an ETS; or the measured spending, low taxation, minimum regulation and a clear direction under a future Abbott Government, with no ETS.
And finally, whether one believes in the theory of man-caused-climate-change or not, and as Tony Abbott wisely says: “it would be "folly" for Australia to establish an emissions trading scheme before the United States had settled on its model.”
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
5th December, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Dear Editor,
We are told that Chris hates Delia, and Delia hates Matthew. Delia most likely hates Chris, too. And Matthew probably hates Delia as well, and possibly dislikes, or maybe even hates Paul.
Delia does not like any of the “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” applicants, so she chooses her own. And the successful person is not her mother, as some suspected.
It seems to me that there has always been plenty of healthy “discrimination” taking place within the NT Labor Party. But now some of the elected Labor members are airing their individual “discriminations” in public.
Should not the new “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” immediately intervene to stop all this “discrimination”?
Or should we really just allow people to “discriminate” about other people, cars, and houses, dogs….. Or whatever, as they always have and always will?
Therefore, surely we should forget about hiring another “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” and save the ever-suffering taxpayer plenty of money?
After all, I doubt that even 1% of fair-dinkum, productive NT people have ever availed themselves of this totally unnecessary and costly (to taxpayers) “service”.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
17th November, 2009
We are told that Chris hates Delia, and Delia hates Matthew. Delia most likely hates Chris, too. And Matthew probably hates Delia as well, and possibly dislikes, or maybe even hates Paul.
Delia does not like any of the “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” applicants, so she chooses her own. And the successful person is not her mother, as some suspected.
It seems to me that there has always been plenty of healthy “discrimination” taking place within the NT Labor Party. But now some of the elected Labor members are airing their individual “discriminations” in public.
Should not the new “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” immediately intervene to stop all this “discrimination”?
Or should we really just allow people to “discriminate” about other people, cars, and houses, dogs….. Or whatever, as they always have and always will?
Therefore, surely we should forget about hiring another “Anti-Discrimination Commissioner” and save the ever-suffering taxpayer plenty of money?
After all, I doubt that even 1% of fair-dinkum, productive NT people have ever availed themselves of this totally unnecessary and costly (to taxpayers) “service”.
Yours truly,
Dave Wane
17th November, 2009
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