Naming the future

There is a lot in a name - esp a Departmental name or Ministers Portfolio name
Maybe you would like to suggest the next one - after all namechanging is about as predicatable as death and taxes. We are here to do so - at least start anyway! Join in

DOPI and DOSE are the current mastheads of Victorian fabianism for things environmental - about as appealing and effective as any divorce is .
The environmenatl name used to be NRE - Natural Resources and Environment , then before that Conservation and natural resources CNR, Conservation and environment ( another divorce / doubleup ? )

DOPI , in both name and nature, is a return to the past ; where the Dept does what farmers want . The tension so neccesary to keep Farmers from being alienated from the environmnet debates has been lost. While DOPI sticks with its very old impromata Departemnets of primary Industry will continue to send farmers broke, as they often have done when resiliance issues are the issue. This ought to upset rural areas, but they have enough to upset them without worrying about those who can and do look after themselves very well thank you - pity they can't see what they are doing wrong.
Unfortunately farmers are under such increasing pressure as a group that they can't see this comfort zone call as one that won't work - neither of course can the VFF, the Libs or even the Nationals ( quite a seriuos impasse)If you want to know more WHY--- send me a note .
As For DSE - well what is it about the Departmnet of Supernatural Expectations that is not obvious ?
Mind you the Commonwealth are no better with their Department of Heritage Arts and Environment. at least Rudd has shown some wisdom and not sought a name change - Keep them all in one place, where you can find them I say ! The scary thing is that their lumping suggests they don't really care for competence in environment anyway - whose in charge of the future ----ARts or heritage?

Unfortunately Name changing remains the disease of choice for government is business gurus, so we need to unseat those dills before we can rid ourselves of that recurring dreamtime stuff.

For the "country"'s sake I favour settling on something like Departmnet of Planning and Infrastructure ( it would be big, but it might work as a proper vehicle for shires and rural if it remained regionally based )Once chosen, though, not allowed to change for 20 years at least .
Why? Our young people need a career in the public servive before public service changes from an innameonly service like it is now!
Is Canberra PS happy about that? Maybe they are -maybe the happy ones are part of the problem?.
Oh dear, another DOPI institution - someone much more capable than any of us said the brick was still the best brick of the options available