The 12 month extension of the royal commission into unions is politically convenient for the Abbott government because it will shift its report and release date to within sight of the 2016 election. Simply put, the union royal commission has not yet delivered the political bang for the public buck its champions had so eagerly anticipated This was put to Attorney-General George Brandis by a Fairfax Media journalist on Tuesday and despite space implications, his explanation is reproduced here in full: Were responding to what the royal commissioner has said to us. Notably, the royal commissioner John Dyson Heydon did not openly seek the extension nor even the adjustment to his terms of reference now granted. Indeed on this point he was explicit: This letter is neither an application to widen the terms of reference nor an application to extend the reporting date, he wrote to Senator Brandis. Read more: smh.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/unions-royal-commission-extension-reveals-true-motivations-20141008-10rphm.html#ixzz3Fblx2x4n
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:50:11 +0000
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