“Follow the Ombudsman on Twitter”, chirps the website of the Commonwealth Ombudsman; you’ll be a smart cookie if you can, because Allan Asher, about one year into his five-year appointment, has just vanished with a loud “Poof!” It resembled Don Juan’s abrupt banishment to the nether regions: one day, there he is, large as life on television, giving testimony before a Senate committee; a week later … where? This shameful explosion should not be allowed to fade from view, as though it were some inconsequential slip, forgotten by the next election. It bears strongly on matters of basic and enduring…
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