How disgusting...

The award to Howard of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service is another propaganda sham cooked up by the Bush administration to fool us into perceiving we have a leader that stands up for decency and honesty in public service.

Howard's government has degraded the high standards that once characterised the Australian Public Service. The most common cause of early retirement in the APS today is depression and other psychological disorders, brought on by bullying management and the trashing of these high standards.

The performance of DIMIA is illustrative but by no means unique.


Leunig in The Age. Public servants also know this feeling.