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@Paekakboyz said in NZ Politics:
@canefan are you asking me? I saw that as a shitty thing to do and said so.
Wasn't trying to single you out mate, just asking a question out loud
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Excellent point for those of us who already support National, but not much use for helping National maintain its positioning as a government in waiting (we're competent; we're trustworthy; we're ready to deal with a pandemic and all that involves).
I'm interested how Muller will attempt to show that he is acting decisively without appearing like he is trying to squash something he should have jumped on right away.
NB: I haven't had the chance to read the paper yet today.
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@gt12 IMHO he can only explain his hesitation as doing due diligence before acting
That should play well with Nat supporters (I buy it) but I wonder about undecideds, as this will be (I assume) painted as a test of his leadership character.
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@gt12 said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@gt12 IMHO he can only explain his hesitation as doing due diligence before acting
That should play well with Nat supporters (I buy it) but I wonder about undecideds, as this will be (I assume) painted as a test of his leadership character.
I think it's all he can do. Stick to that story, even compare his action to Cindy's inaction over her old flatmate and the broadcasting cock up, and Clark. Commit to it and don't waver
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Muller would do well to take some lessons so he doesn't come across as inarticulate in his interviews. I heard him again this morning and for about the fourth time every third word was ummm.
At best he sounds indecisive. Or shifty. Or both.
If I was him the line would be; First I had to check the facts, then I had to speak to others within the party - after all it's not a dictatorship. Then speak to Walker and give him a chance to do the right thing. At the end of the day this unconscionable act was a one-off by a rogue element and 36 hours after I learned of the facts he is effectively gone burger. It doesn't reflect who I am, what I stand for and believe in nor does it reflect National Party Policy or Philosophy. What we do stand for is ensuring New Zealanders are safe both healthwise and in their ability to have a rewarding job that gives their life purpose and security to their whanau.
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Maybe there's more out there about this now, but I can't work out how Boag got the info since her former employer is denying it was from them.
If not putting a password on an Excel file is incompetent, then every government and department since Office was rolled out in the Public Service is incompetent because it happens everywhere, it just doesn't normally involve being emailed outside those who need to know.
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Then they are incompetent.
We have to send files to other ppl password protected or we are at risk of breaking laws regarding privacy.
That means there are always two emails: one with the file, one with the password.
It's really not hard.
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@gt12 said in NZ Politics:
Then they are incompetent.
We have to send files to other ppl password protected or we are at risk of breaking laws regarding privacy.
That means there are always two emails: one with the file, one with the password.
It's really not hard.
I guess it's like airlines still using black boxes instead of real time tech. No excuses for it apart from not wanting to spend the money
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@Godder said in NZ Politics:
If not putting a password on an Excel file is incompetent, then every government and department since Office was rolled out in the Public Service is incompetent because it happens everywhere, it just doesn't normally involve being emailed outside those who need to know.
... or contain personal medical information about people. Privacy laws are there for a reason. We have to jump through hoops when dealing with confidential information that isn't nearly as sensitive
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There are modules, training and more modules including refresher modules. There is privacy incident reporting even for near misses. Public servants get sacked for breaches and poor performance and I've seen both happen.
None of that makes people do it or anyone noticing until there is an incident. Passwords are supposed to be used, but that doesn't make people do it, or make decent passwords.
However, it's ever less clear about how Boag got the info, because it may have been a leak who ran a report and sent that as a spreadsheet. Edit: new story says apparently she got it as a daily report.
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I'm still shaking my head over the utter stupidity of Boag passing along info then Walker leaking it. There's no public interest here. On multiple previous occasions when there have been privacy breaches, NZers get super pissy. This was never going to be a win.
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When Walker gave his maiden speech in parliament he specifically mentioned Boag as his mentor.
I reckon she sent it to him because it supported his contention that he wasn't being racist last week merely accurately summarising that most of the returnees are coming from COVID hot spots.
So charitably: out of a blinkered loyalty to her little protégé she was a dumb fuck.
She says she never thought he'd leak it. What did he think he was going to do with it. He'd already been censured by the party for his comments which should have been cleared by the media team before he released them so he is / was clearly a loose cannon.
Boag should have known better - so either you buy into the wider conspiracy theories or accept that she had a massive brain fart.
Either way she had a lot of cushy little media and board gigs which presumably are toast now.
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
I guess it's like airlines still using black boxes instead of real time tech. No excuses for it apart from not wanting to spend the money
They should be using both - they can serve different purposes but your point stands - the ability is there so it should be used. In this case it would appear to be lazy or incompetent, rather than expense.
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@Snowy said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
I guess it's like airlines still using black boxes instead of real time tech. No excuses for it apart from not wanting to spend the money
They should be using both - they can serve different purposes but your point stands - the ability is there so it should be used. In this case it would appear to be lazy or incompetent, rather than expense.
I suppose they would need to pay someone to install the required IT systems to safely transfer information? Either way there are no reasonable excuses. Especially considering the supposed level of privacy that we experience in our work when dealing with ACC for example
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MoH has decent systems, but health has become so fragmented that they have no way of centralising using it effectively, and even if they had an externally accessible system with password controls, people would leak stuff.
I mean, why the fuck is the rescue helicopter a charity instead of part of the MoH or the DHB?
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