The following paper explores some of the questions recently asked by Ben Quin, and previously Rick Pilkington: (HERE: The questions swirling around Paul Lennon)
Tom Baxter and Roland Browne, ‘Probity Issues Connected with the Tasmanian Pulp Mill’, paper presented to the Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference (HERE), Brisbane, 28-31 July 2009: Excerpt: “Tasmania is a small place. While in many respects small is beautiful, the State suffers what one academic calls a ‘culture of cosiness’1 whereby a concentrated corporatist culture drives incestuous deal-making characterised by conflicts of interest. In particular, Tasmania is afflicted by the ‘resource curse’, through which natural resource abundance appears inversely related to standards of governance.” Read the full article HERE. It includes some references to the Interim Report of the Legislative Council Select Committee on Public Sector Executive Appointments, which is HERE
The whole matter warrants further investigation.
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