O’Connor will soon tell us who is on the primary sector council, and claims the “panel members will have a wide range of skill sets”, or in other words will be friends of the coalition partners and getting a junket. Estimates of the cost of fees, flights and accommodation for the average government committee are about $400,000. Frankly your old mate doesn’t hold much hope that the PIC will be more than just another jolly for the government’s mates, given that O’Connor’s brief to the council is, “… go out and stir things up and come back to me with some great ideas”. Give me strength!
