Is it a problem that lobbying firms are being given contracts by government departments? Such firms, who assist private businesses and vested interests in their bid to influence government, are being hired by the government and given access to decision-making processes and officials, therefore potentially providing private sector clients with privileged access to power.
If SenateSJH was contracted "for advice on selling the [water]reforms to the public" they should not have been paid because they signally failed to meet that brief!
If SenateSJH was contracted "for advice on selling the [water]reforms to the public" they should not have been paid because they signally failed to meet that brief!