It's our politicians who are to blame.
Medical experts can give advice but it
should be up to the politicians to make
the final decisions on the actions to be taken.

That is what they are supposed to do. That is their
job - to weigh up all the advice and then decide
which course of action is to be taken. And that
unfortunately - is something that not all of them
are willing and able to do.

Agreed. It's politicians who have the via the voters who grant them the power. We voters need more say in who gets nominated. Short of everyone joining a political party (yuck!) I don't see how that can be done. An extra layer voting to choose one person from several nominees? Can't see that that being popular with apolitical Australians who think they have more important things to do.

Regarding Lorraine Finlay's appointment as the new
Human Rights Commissioner?

I guess there will always be criticisms of every
appointment, especially in this case of one of the
highest legal positions in Australia at a salary
of $400,000 a year, five year appointment.

Also the fact that she was appointed without an open
selection process and her history on issues that she may
now be asked to advocate for has raised eyebrows.

Even Australia's top legal body has questioned her
appointment.

Still, on the positive side - her background is impeccable.
And one can only hope that she does believe in the letter
of the law. She should be given the chance to do her job.

Her profile looks impressive:
http://profiles.murdoch.edu.au/myprofile/lorraine-finlay/

Hi Josephus,

I certainly was impressed.

Could not be worse than Gillian Triggs.