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Sunday, June 01, 2008

K Rudd embarrassed by butler's Facebook pics ...

See - Sunday Mail - What the PM's butler saw.

Also see - Inside Stalag Kevin.

posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 7:46 AM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sunday Mail:

Public servants nickname Nicola Roxon over her temper

June 01, 2008 12:00am

RELATIONS between the Rudd Government and the federal public service have hit a new low with revelations senior bureaucrats have nicknamed Health Minister Nicola Roxon "Bi-polar Ni-cola" because of her behind-closed-doors displays of temper.

The leaking of the offensive nickname signals that parts of the federal public service – which has been pushed to breaking point by "24/7" Kevin – now regard themselves as being at war with Labor.

While senior Health Department bureaucrats are furious at their treatment by Ms Roxon, they also blame Mr Rudd. They say his obsession with micro-management of health policy means the department is log-jammed.

"Nicola won't move without his approval," one source said.

"She's terrified of making a mistake. The result is nothing gets done."

Bureaucrats say they don't object to the Rudd Government's habit of calling them in the pre-dawn hours for "urgent" briefings. However in the case of the Health Department, they say, they often hear nothing back for weeks, if not months.

"Roxon has no idea about how to deal with either her own staff or her department," one source said.

Sources were also critical of Ms Roxon's decision not to take departmental officers with her when she met stakeholders and interest groups.

Overworked public servants have deluged Canberra talkback radio, accusing Mr Rudd of making their lives "a nightmare".
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3:35 PM, June 01, 2008

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

News.com.au:

Facebook ban for PM's staff

June 02, 2008

STAFFERS working in Prime Minister Mr Kevin Rudd's office and on his household staff have been asked to take down their Facebook websites.

The request follows the publication at the weekend of pictures posted on Facebook that were taken by Mr Rudd's executive assistant Mr John Fisher while he was travelling overseas with the Prime Minister.

A Senate estimates committee last week heard Mr Rudd employed him to travel with him overseas, although Opposition members claimed he was a butler.
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10:19 AM, June 02, 2008

 

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