CV and mad panic behaviour

[Macca37]

I find the hypocrisy of coalition members,  right wing shock jocks and media quite breathtaking.

When four or five people died during the the Pink Batts scheme implementation, all blame was sheeted home to the then Federal Labor Govt.  No mention was made of the shortcomings of employers of the unfortunate workers who received little or no training.

Now with the hotel Covid situation it is all the Victorian Government's fault. No blame is attached to the employers who have not lived up to the terms of the contracts they signed.  It appears that private industry cannot be trusted, or expected, to abide by the terms of signed contracts and there has to be direct government oversight of each and every contract.

Contrast that with the situation some years ago when a large private trucking company contracted with Shell in NSW to carry fuel.  One of its trucks lost its brakes on a steep descent causing a fatal crash.  The authorities found many trucks with faults and the company received multiple fines.

Interestingly, no blame was attached to Shell by the above mentioned.  Applying the same standards to Shell as are expected of state and federal labor governments would have required Shell to have been responsible for the shortcomings of all private firms with which it had contracts.