tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post2524851120681220896..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: How To Submit On The Government's Mining PlansTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-62950947690205418782010-04-13T22:55:28.909+12:002010-04-13T22:55:28.909+12:00Yes, the old "we're going ahead anyway, b...Yes, the old "we're going ahead anyway, but we'll let you comment on a few things" approach.<br /><br />Both this Minister and this Ministry are continually trying to horn in on smaller Ministries' territory (and budgets).<br /><br />Mind you, this behaviour isn't confined to the MED - when I had a short-term contract at the Ministry for the Environment a few years ago, and I soon discovered that their deadliest enemy and rival was neither polluters, nor miners, but the Department of Conservation. Empire-building rules OK!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-45717791086285908912010-04-13T18:21:49.014+12:002010-04-13T18:21:49.014+12:00Have slogged through the MED's own online subm...Have slogged through the MED's own online submission form. Responding to the specific questions they wanted answered seemed the most likely way for me to get my response noticed (plus it made me actually read the discussion paper...). But my, there are a couple of slightly leading questions on there.<br /><br />Also, what struck me forcefully about the proposals laid out in the discussion paper is that, as much as they outline the MER's efforts to get its hands on conservation land, they also suggest an attempted political landgrab by the MER against the DoC. Little, peripheral, administrative things, because they're *such* a burden and you don't want to have to spend your time fussing over all that, dear, not with *your* budget, here, let me *help* you... It looks just a touch sinister to my cynical eyes.John Toonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211705422326119054noreply@blogger.com