Joe Hockey Equally Minirat. Thoughts On His Departure
For my non-Australian readers (ie well-nigh of them) forgive a petty together with personal detour into Australian politics.
Joe Hockey was Tony Abbott's Treasurer (finance government minister inward well-nigh countries). He is widely idea of every bit beingness i of the weak links inward the Abbott Government together with has lost his project inward the novel administration. He is leaving Parliament.
Joe was non someone I agreed alongside much. My politics are a fair flake to the left of his. But I convey a much higher sentiment of him than well-nigh people together with that sentiment was from experience.
Early inward my career I worked inward Tax Policy Division of the Australian Treasury. Much of my operate was special together with accounting obsessive studies on what was actually going on inward taxation avoidance schemes together with the like. High bandwidth dry out stuff.
Most the details parts of taxation policy together with corporate police is handled past times the Assistant Treasurer who used to become past times the awful monicker of "Minister for Revenue together with Assistant Treasurer". The wags ever shortened this to the MiniRAT.
When I was at the Treasury nosotros had several MiniRATs simply about of whom were unimpressive. However I had a flake to practise alongside Joe Hockey when he was MiniRAT together with constitute that he was enormously quick at getting across the brief. He did non ever stimulate got alongside the Treasury advice - but he was able to enunciate the issues. He asked exactly the correct questions - together with sometimes questions nosotros had non idea through ourselves.
Joe had the bandwidth. I hateful actually properly. Joe was sharp.
When he became Treasurer I had real high expectations. And I was by together with large disappointed. As Treasurer he never looked the part.
I practise non know why. Partly I mean value it is difficult to live on a rational finance government minister when y'all convey an ideologically driven (rather than pragmatic) Prime Minister. Tony Abbott did non assist for the numbers together with that makes it difficult to win on the numbers.
Some people mean value he was simply lazy. Smart but lazy. I run into no evidence.
Maybe he did non convey the back upward necessary to bear things inward Cabinet. I am an outsider these days. I practise non know.
I was disgusted at the agency Martin Parkinson was railroaded out of the Treasury Secretary project (permanent caput project inward the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland context). That lowered my sentiment of Joe - but i time to a greater extent than I was non toilet to the politics.
That said Joe, if y'all are reading this. Good luck inward the future.
Also hither is simply about unsolicited advice to anyone who winds upward inward his future. Be aware that underneath the political bluster is a fine mind.
I hoped for together with expected a improve destination to Joe's career. But together with then perhaps this is non the destination of his career.
John
Joe Hockey was Tony Abbott's Treasurer (finance government minister inward well-nigh countries). He is widely idea of every bit beingness i of the weak links inward the Abbott Government together with has lost his project inward the novel administration. He is leaving Parliament.
Joe was non someone I agreed alongside much. My politics are a fair flake to the left of his. But I convey a much higher sentiment of him than well-nigh people together with that sentiment was from experience.
Early inward my career I worked inward Tax Policy Division of the Australian Treasury. Much of my operate was special together with accounting obsessive studies on what was actually going on inward taxation avoidance schemes together with the like. High bandwidth dry out stuff.
Most the details parts of taxation policy together with corporate police is handled past times the Assistant Treasurer who used to become past times the awful monicker of "Minister for Revenue together with Assistant Treasurer". The wags ever shortened this to the MiniRAT.
When I was at the Treasury nosotros had several MiniRATs simply about of whom were unimpressive. However I had a flake to practise alongside Joe Hockey when he was MiniRAT together with constitute that he was enormously quick at getting across the brief. He did non ever stimulate got alongside the Treasury advice - but he was able to enunciate the issues. He asked exactly the correct questions - together with sometimes questions nosotros had non idea through ourselves.
Joe had the bandwidth. I hateful actually properly. Joe was sharp.
When he became Treasurer I had real high expectations. And I was by together with large disappointed. As Treasurer he never looked the part.
I practise non know why. Partly I mean value it is difficult to live on a rational finance government minister when y'all convey an ideologically driven (rather than pragmatic) Prime Minister. Tony Abbott did non assist for the numbers together with that makes it difficult to win on the numbers.
Some people mean value he was simply lazy. Smart but lazy. I run into no evidence.
Maybe he did non convey the back upward necessary to bear things inward Cabinet. I am an outsider these days. I practise non know.
I was disgusted at the agency Martin Parkinson was railroaded out of the Treasury Secretary project (permanent caput project inward the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland context). That lowered my sentiment of Joe - but i time to a greater extent than I was non toilet to the politics.
That said Joe, if y'all are reading this. Good luck inward the future.
Also hither is simply about unsolicited advice to anyone who winds upward inward his future. Be aware that underneath the political bluster is a fine mind.
I hoped for together with expected a improve destination to Joe's career. But together with then perhaps this is non the destination of his career.
John
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