NSW Government decision-making process.

[alex2_s]

New South Wales Government at work.

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken section of fence at Parliament House.

One is from Botany, another from Penrith and the third is from Lakemba.
All three go with a Parliament official to examine the fence.

The Botany contractor takes out a tape measure, does some measuring then writes down some figures. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900, $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Penrith contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700, $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The Lakemba contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the Parliament official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Lakemba contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Penrith to fix the fence..."

"Done!" replied the government official.

And that, my friends, is government business practice in New South Wales ! !

[danja]

I think this is in the wrong section, shouldn't it be filed under "documentaries"?

[SquishyShoes]

I don't think we have a documentaries category, so it will have to stay here I suppose.