Qld government, you're under arrest
Apparently, our government is breaking the law. Why then, do we not see sirens whirling atop police cars on their way to Parliament house? In our latest example of outrageous criminal activity the Health Department is stealing money from nurses. They've said it's only because they gave them too much money the week before. Trouble is, we have a law that says you can't just grab it back and hope they didn't notice. You have to go through a process - a process that might have prevented the payroll system from going completely berserk and leaving some workers with nothing at all.
I should imagine that being a nurse is a difficult job. If I am ever in need of one I always hope that they have had a really good week. Perhaps their hairdresser outdid themselves or maybe they just discovered the wonders of oxyaction cleaner on blood-stained uniforms. I don't know. Anything to ensure that the person responsible for my comfort and wellbeing is not in a foul mood. Being hungry would put a nurse in a foul mood, or not being able to meet mortgage repayments, or even being forced to accept cash loans from work mates to pay school fees. That would be enough to make you care just a little less about how deep the syringe is going into an arm. So good luck if you need a medical Anna Bligh. They might find reason to amputate - off with her head!
What is really criminal about this whole debacle is the Health Department knew they had a flawed system that broke the law every pay day. And yet they did nothing about it. I'm presuming this is because they had spent all their money on a fancy payroll software upgrade without completing the trial version for 30 days. When they discovered it was completely useless they figured 'what they don't know, can't hurt 'em'.
This must be the same attitude the Queensland Transport Department has toward car registration. It's against the law to have a monopoly on car registration in the state of Queensland or so I'm told. This must mean either the department is breaking the law or any individual can register their own car. I think it's a wonderful idea. Just to be sure that my new plate has a perfectly unique number I'm going to register my car as: DIYREGOROX. It will be highly legible too, made out of an empty ice cream container lid and a black marker.
And when a police officer pulls me over I will explain it's a personalised plate and then ask why they haven't arrested the Health Minister yet.
I should imagine that being a nurse is a difficult job. If I am ever in need of one I always hope that they have had a really good week. Perhaps their hairdresser outdid themselves or maybe they just discovered the wonders of oxyaction cleaner on blood-stained uniforms. I don't know. Anything to ensure that the person responsible for my comfort and wellbeing is not in a foul mood. Being hungry would put a nurse in a foul mood, or not being able to meet mortgage repayments, or even being forced to accept cash loans from work mates to pay school fees. That would be enough to make you care just a little less about how deep the syringe is going into an arm. So good luck if you need a medical Anna Bligh. They might find reason to amputate - off with her head!
What is really criminal about this whole debacle is the Health Department knew they had a flawed system that broke the law every pay day. And yet they did nothing about it. I'm presuming this is because they had spent all their money on a fancy payroll software upgrade without completing the trial version for 30 days. When they discovered it was completely useless they figured 'what they don't know, can't hurt 'em'.
This must be the same attitude the Queensland Transport Department has toward car registration. It's against the law to have a monopoly on car registration in the state of Queensland or so I'm told. This must mean either the department is breaking the law or any individual can register their own car. I think it's a wonderful idea. Just to be sure that my new plate has a perfectly unique number I'm going to register my car as: DIYREGOROX. It will be highly legible too, made out of an empty ice cream container lid and a black marker.
And when a police officer pulls me over I will explain it's a personalised plate and then ask why they haven't arrested the Health Minister yet.
