Halfway through the month and only now do I get around to updating the lovely folk on my progress with this month's challenge.
Between visiting Senators, travelling for work, cricket semi finals, netball trials, getting my nails done and being bailed up with a rotten cold, I haven't undertaken too much research on my quest to make fully informed decisions and opinions around politics. I have however been fortunate - if you can call it that - to have a front row seat to a political process at work which is part fascinating, part mind-boggling.
Recently, the Federal Government announced that the agency I work for will be extended beyond it's 'sunset clause' to continue the work we're undertaking across the country, albeit with slightly different roles and functions to how we currently operate. In order for this extension to legally occur, amended legislation needs to be tabled, and passed through the Senate.
What I hadn't fully appreciated before now, is that not all pieces of legislation are written by pollies, Ministers, or Senators trying to get their own agendas on the public scene: no, some are written by the men and women who actually have to undertake the work the legislation is putting in place.
My colleagues in this particular instance.
So before you criticise something new that has been passed by those in power, stop and think about where this may actually have come from? Did it come from Politicians trying to get one up on their opposite number, or was it developed by people who do something beneficial for the country, and although you may not fully understand it, this new piece of legislation will actually help them do their job better?
On the flip-side, no shopping has been surprisingly easy. Probably because I've had so many work functions I've had to buy stuff for I haven't had the time, patience or inclination to shop for pleasure or necessity.
I'm pleased to report though that hubby has managed to follow my shopping lists with high accuracy and hasn't actually made a phone call to me while doing it. Progress? I think so, though just because he isn't calling me to check something doesn't mean he isn't calling his mother...
Hmm, best check the phone log I think ;-)
Between visiting Senators, travelling for work, cricket semi finals, netball trials, getting my nails done and being bailed up with a rotten cold, I haven't undertaken too much research on my quest to make fully informed decisions and opinions around politics. I have however been fortunate - if you can call it that - to have a front row seat to a political process at work which is part fascinating, part mind-boggling.
Recently, the Federal Government announced that the agency I work for will be extended beyond it's 'sunset clause' to continue the work we're undertaking across the country, albeit with slightly different roles and functions to how we currently operate. In order for this extension to legally occur, amended legislation needs to be tabled, and passed through the Senate.
What I hadn't fully appreciated before now, is that not all pieces of legislation are written by pollies, Ministers, or Senators trying to get their own agendas on the public scene: no, some are written by the men and women who actually have to undertake the work the legislation is putting in place.
My colleagues in this particular instance.
So before you criticise something new that has been passed by those in power, stop and think about where this may actually have come from? Did it come from Politicians trying to get one up on their opposite number, or was it developed by people who do something beneficial for the country, and although you may not fully understand it, this new piece of legislation will actually help them do their job better?
On the flip-side, no shopping has been surprisingly easy. Probably because I've had so many work functions I've had to buy stuff for I haven't had the time, patience or inclination to shop for pleasure or necessity.
I'm pleased to report though that hubby has managed to follow my shopping lists with high accuracy and hasn't actually made a phone call to me while doing it. Progress? I think so, though just because he isn't calling me to check something doesn't mean he isn't calling his mother...
Hmm, best check the phone log I think ;-)
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