Amy Remeikis asks former Deputy Premier, Jeff Seeney, about the mistakes made by the LNP (Brisbane Times, 2.3.15). Amongst his comments was one about inexperienced staff in the Premier’s office:
‘I think we underestimated the challenge of bringing not just the Premier, but all of his associated staff and senior advisors into a situation where they weren’t familiar with the accepted norms and weren’t familiar with the processes.
‘It was a huge step to make, coming into a situation where all of those things were new and on reflection I think that we underestimated what a challenge that was.
‘There is a whole culture around state government that those of us who serve our apprenticeship in state government, we all learn it. It is very difficult when you have a large group of people who come into that culture without understanding it.’