DFAT anger over Louise Abbott's foreign affairs job

[fourandsixpants]

DFAT anger over Louise Abbott's foreign affairs job
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/dfat-anger-over-louise-abbotts-forei...

There was internal disquiet at DFAT in Canberra about what some staff  saw as a lack of transparency in the hiring and how Ms Abbott came to be doing  high-level work, such as delivering a public statement on disarmament, when  there were up to 14 policy specialist attached to the mission.

"The position of executive assistant to Australia’s Permanent Representative  to the UN in Geneva – a locally engaged position – was advertised on the Geneva  mission’s website on July 4, 2012, and on www.jobup.ch and www.seek.com.au on  July 5, 2012," a DFAT spokesman said.

"The recruitment process was merit based and followed departmental  procedures. During that process, a three-member selection committee interviewed  five applicants from a field of 28.

"Ms Abbott’s appointment was formally approved by the relevant delegate,  Australia’s then permanent representative to the [World Trade Organisation] in  Geneva on September 14, 2012.".........

[bsal6160]

What? So just because she is the PMs daughter she is not allowed to be qualified or get a job? How about Bill Shorten being the ex GG son-in-law then. Is he also not allowed to be qualified or have a job?

Scare-mongering for what purpose......

[fourandsixpants · Accepted solution]

....if Mr Shorten were asking what Mr Abbott is then I would say same to him.

No scaremongering here bsal! just the TRUTH.

What IS frightening and scary is how Hockey Abbott etc are trying to convince us that Australia's AAA credit rating is insignificant and introduce a set of double standards that they are so well known for:

World countries by Standard & Poor's Foreign Rating in May 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_credit_rating

[monman12]

More historical dirt raking attempts it would seem.

Ms Abbott began work as an executive assistant to the Australian mission in September 2012, when Labor was in government.

And she was selected when the ALP were in government

"The recruitment process was merit based and followed departmental  procedures. During that process, a three-member selection committee interviewed  five applicants from a field of 28."

The plot thickens: " Mr Woolcott was chief of staff to foreign minister Alexander Downer from 2002 to 2004 while on secondment from the department.He was appointed ambassador in Geneva in 2010 and Ms Abbott began work as an executive assistant to the Australian mission in September 2012, when Labor was in government."

Why would the Circus appoint a so obvious secret  "plant"

I would think that they actually selected Ms Abbott in secret for the UN position in Geneva, the selection process was a CIA / ASIO disinformation black-op,  so that if she was caught secretly microfilming  UN information for the evil DFAT  secret  empire  it could then all be blamed upon Abbott senior's failure to declare his evil intent, evidenced by the daughter's pre-programed evil actions similar to a Manchurian Candidate secret (and evil) scenario.

Destroy the above (secretly) after reading.

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[monman12]

Interesting to see you "dabbling" in economics P007!! You might find the 10-year bond interest rates for different countries interesting   S&P Bond Rates  ,  some excerpts:

Australia     3.76%
UK               2.65%
Canada      2.33%
USA             2.55%
Germany    1.36%
France        1.82%
Italy             3.32%
NZ               4.33%

Greece       6.52%

Nigeria       12.52%

Standard and Poor's:
"As a general rule, the more creditworthy an issuer or an issue is, the lower the interest rate the issuer would typically have to pay to attract investors. The reverse is also true: an issuer with lower creditworthiness will typically pay a higher interest rate to offset the greater credit risk assumed by investors."

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