Scott Morrison abolishes Department of Communications and Arts as part of public service restructure
The Morrison government has abolished the Department of Communications and the Arts as part of public service restructure, rolling it into a new super department called the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
The shake-up, approved by the Governor General this morning and taking effect on 1 February 2020, sees the number of government departments reduced from 18 to 14 to deliver ‘efficiency’.
Mrdak has been secretary of the department since 2017
Simon Atkinson is the ex-chief of staff to Matthias Cormann and has nowhere near the experience or competency of the people who have built their careers within these departments. This is part of the further LNP politicisation of government departments, stacking them with their own hand-picked yes men, and contributes to a general trend of Liberal governments ignoring expert advice and due process, in favour of myopic ideology.
Wow, just wow.
A PM who clearly understands nothing about how connection and communication drives the fabric of a nation.
A sad day for all communities in Australia
Art: trains ‘n roads ‘n sh#t
Well who needs the arts when you have coal and church?
How good’s being a massive c***?
As they arts have now been binned by this governement, all liberal voters should now be banned from all arts events and activities unless its a Murdoch owned. No dancing, no music, no galleries, no films. Sorry, not for you lib voters. You will be asked at the door.
… ah, so the people who actually pay to consume art should be banned leaving only the spongers crying for more government funds to prop them up? Good one John …
LMAO so you really think liberals are the only ones who pay taxes in Australia? Talk about ignorance.
Many public servants – gone. Ministries – gone. Ministers – Same.
Talk about self serving politicians. I reckon the Ministerial position, associated salary and perks also need to be gone as well. How can they close down ministries yet keep the same number of ministers? Wow. The hypocrisy is undeniable. If Albanese doesn’t jump on this he is crazy. He should be calling for the Ministerial position to also be made redundant. Return 4 of his ministers to the back bench.
It’s time to stop talking and start breaking things.
“The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them….Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the reverence and delight which are their due.”
Winston Churchill, 1938.
Absolute funting philistines; troglodytes who know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
Between the Medivac bill being repealed, abolishing Arts & rolling Comms into infrastructure and transport (can someone please explain the relationship?!?), this has been a very dark week for Australia. Sadly, I’m sure there is more to come.
Somehow, this philistine government keeps finding new ways to be nasty and shortsighted.
Seriously, this rabble has NFI.
Why not roll all the departments into one and call it The Department of Worshiping at the Feet of a Federal Surplus?
(By the way, do people realise a surplus means that the government took more taxes our of your pocket than it spent on vital services for you as Australian citizens – you get less than what you pay for).
This is not about efficiency, it is about control.
Fewer departments means less room for dissent.
Ideology is easier to enforce.
Don’t be fooled by the dumb fat dad schtick, The Great Morrison Dream is one department, one party, one state. Or: Australia as a Pentecostal China.
A real Philistine government would have merged arts with sport (and thrown in say tourism, the territories and the environment for good measure).
Abolishing the Department of Communications and the Arts has come with no surprise to me at all.The position of Minister for Justice was also abolished and that Minister quit politics. The Minister for Communications position was held by the former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull before he became PM. He quit politics. After Mr Turnbull became PM he made his then supporter Senator Mitch Fifield Minister for Communications. He has now quit politics.
Australia Post comes under the jurisdiction of Minister for Communications. All the alleged documented corruption and cover ups that are ongoing in Australia Post from June 2006 are known to numerous politicians. Each one has failed to act to hold Australia Post to account. Please read the following link and numerous images with explanation to understand the seriousness. Time has come to investigate why this Department is abolished and why the Arts does not become part of the new department.
http://chng.it/4hmgw2TG
What is going on?
The following two Minister for Communications quit politics.
1. Mr Turnbull quit politics
2. Mr Mitch Fifield quit politics
3. The former Shadow Minister for Communication’s portfolio got changed long ago by Mr Shorten. He is Mr Jason Clare.
All these politicians had Australia Post under their direct portfolio responsibility. Is their alleged protection provided to Australia Post has played any part in this move of abolition?
Australia Post is involved in the documented corruption and cover ups from June 2006. To know more please just type “Petition Vasant Wagh” in Google.
The truth will always come out is my view.
I had to write a song about this! It seems like this “reorganization” falls under the same blanket idea that arts are a hobby and don’t make money/aren’t worth investment. Even on the surface it seems to further complicate management and organization of departments.
The truth is, I’m not even a resident here in Australia yet, so I am looking at this from the outside. I’ve applied for PR, and would love to live here as an artist from the US. I don’t know how this will play out for the arts, but we can imagine that history repeats. The societies that minimize/eliminate/defund/de-prioritize arts fail. Those that elevate it succeed. I’d love to share the song with you (not to spam, but to see what you think): https://www.facebook.com/thisisbot/videos/981892635499418/