May 1996 - Administrative Misbehaviour ----

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Everyone who has seen the 1980s BBC TV series YES MINISTER ( picture above left ) will be aware of the administrative shenannagans and misbehaviour the character Sir Humphrey Appleby ( centre ) got up to with the assistance of his collegue Bernard Woolley ( left ) that were pulled to manipulate and setup Minister Jim Hacker ( right ).

During the early part of May 1996 after the massacre the Federal Justice Department successfully managed to hijack the political agenda and response to the massacre at Port Arthur.

The chief operatives in this were then Minister Daryl Williams and civil service bureaucrat Daryl Smeaton. This website has reason to believe both of them knew what went on at Port Arthur and failed to inform the John Howard that it wasn't Martin Bryant running amok on that Sunday afternoon.

Nor did they disclose long term data revealing that overall firearm deaths were declining while the number of guns were increasing. See Webpage

Smeaton had been peddling the gun control agenda for years prior based on shonky statistical evidence and assumptions. See SSAA Overview He was of course an operative of the Australian Labor Party.

Williams brought forward the date of the scheduled Australian Police Ministers Conference to 10 May 1996 - in other words rushed it through - something an objective responsible Minister would know not to do.

It is also a matter of historical fact that both of them were removed from their jobs in the Justice Department in late 1997 once the buyback concluded.



Those who havent seen YES MINISTER are advised to go and buy a copy at their local DVD store so you can see the sort of things that go on in government.



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