Monday, September 20, 2004
Newman on Maharey
Muriel Newman issued a press release today slamming Steve Maharey for being a suited spineless social engineer without the bollocks to admit that throwing other people's (i.e. yours and My Rights) hard earned coin around is what flakes his pastry. She is also not impressed that he runs for cover when a bad idea (however well intentioned) and a dodgy scheme is exposed as, well, a bad idea and a dodgy scheme. Or as the good Doctor puts it;
"Mr Maharey set CEG up to fail. He took it out of WINZ, where it was part of a bigger employment strategy, and foisted the dubious high-risk Social Entrepreneur programme on it. Further, it has had to administer another failed Maharey flagship: the $8 million Community Employment Organisation strategy.The whole release is worth a read and is hard to disagree with. If Maharey was in opposition he would be calling for a resignation I'm sure.
"Then, when the failures hit the headlines, the Minister ducked for cover. He even left the Labour Department to do his dirty work and announce the cancellation of his Social Entrepreneur scheme. As CEG Minister, it is Mr Maharey's future that should be under review when Cabinet meets today," Dr Newman said.
