If you read through my posts you’ll see that I haven’t defended *any* of the judgements he’s made. Very deliberately. I have, however, defended what I believe to be the integrity and thoughtfulness with which he has endeavoured to make them.
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This is bluesky, not the spanish inquisition - I can only make a call on what I read, not your intention. I wasn't saying you were coming from a bad place - I just thought it was an odd thing to rail against pile-on replying to a post of the article rather than the actual pile-on. Probably just me.
@hingehead.bsky.social there are many people in this world who make bad decisions for bad reasons. In my view this was not the case here. And I tire of living in a world where we rain hellfire down on people whose decisions we don’t like but also don’t have to make, in all their complexity.
I don't think it was a singular wrong decision the entire process seems tainted by his repeated involvement - in spite of warnings from NACC colleagues - that line "it was not just foreseeable but foreseen" feels like pattern blindness to natural justice - not something that he is known for.
Correct! Not something he’s known for. So where’s our curiosity? When I listened to his explanation at his speech I Friday I may have had my own views on where he landed but I also felt he made his decision weighing up complex matters with serious, nuanced consideration and thought. I rest my case.
My concern is not him, but what he has done to reputation of the NACC at formation - for all the of cautious risk aversion (timidity according to legal academia) I fear it is fatally wounded.
Damned if you do (recuse yourself from a decision but participate in discussion), damned if you don’t (go ahead the appointing Gleeson because a subject of the matter might complain .. about a conflict of interest?) It is new, with challenging work and operating in a febrile environment… 1/2
Mistakes are inevitable. It’s not a matter of whether they’ll be made but which ones are made and why. So I circle back to integrity and honour .. if and when Commissioner Brereton makes mistakes, you can at least know he’ll make them with deliberation, sound reasons and impeccable intent. 🤷♀️
And for the record .. those who acted knowingly, deliberately and with forethought to design and implement Robodebt should have every book under the sun thrown at them. It was cruel, heartless and unconscionable.
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Pile-ons suck. Particularly when there’s a real person lying at the bottom of it.
Then again, you’re the only one who stuck around to finish the conversation so kudos.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 🙏