Mike's Minute: The Reserve Bank mess is finally at an end

Rhetorical question - why do you think Neil Quigley quit on a Friday night?

The key is, he would have been booted if he didn’t walk. So it sort of ends a shambolic and shameful period for what should be one of our most esteemed institutions.

Between Orr and Quigley (mainly Orr) they have made a joke of the Reserve Bank.

What should have happened is simple.

When the Government decided, rightly, that the gargantuan amount of money Orr wanted to run his fiefdom was never going to fly Orr should have, in an adult way, stated he disagreed and he disagreed to the point he could not see himself continuing in the job.

He would then resign, they would organise a nice, but frugal, farewell morning tea and that would have been that.

But what actually happened was Orr chucked his toys, yelled and stamped his feet to the extent that Quigley had to write to Orr.

All this was also kept secret until the Official Information Act and the Ombudsman forced their hand and exposed them for the bunch of egotistical babies they are.

Quigley was yelling at Treasury, Orr was yelling at Willis, deals were looking to be done, letters and proof was looking to be binned and cheques were being written to make it all go away.

Lest we forget, in an irony of ironies, this is the same group of clowns who buried the economy in the hole we are still trying to get ourselves out of years after Covid.

So they couldn’t do their job, they stuffed the place, then packed a massive sad when their rain shower of funding was getting rectified, started a big tantrum and scrap with various departments and ministers, then tried to cover it all up.

Have I missed anything? Oh, Orr vanished with the money, never to be heard from again.

To his credit Quigley hung around and made a few public appearances while trying to paint a picture of normality, until the Ombudsman undid him last week and that was that.

They really are an embarrassing, shambolic mess. On a side note, it's also why I assume Christian Hawkesby stands zero chance of getting Orr's old job. He is fatally linked to this period of mayhem.

We'd be glad to see the back of them, if it wasn’t for the fact we are still trying to clean up the mess and every one of us is paying the bill.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now rhetorical question obviously, but why do you think Neil
Quiggly quit on a Friday A The key is he
would have been booted if he didn't walk, and so
sort of EANs sort of a shambolic and shameful period
for which we well for what should be one of
our most esteemed institutions. Between Or and mainly Or and Quigley,
they've made a joke of the Reserve Bank. What should

(00:21):
have happened is simple, when the government decided rightly that
the gargantuine amount of money Or wanted to run as fivedon,
was never going to fly, Or should have in an
adult way stated he disagreed, and he disagreed to the
point he could not see himself continuing in the job.
He would then resign. They would organize a nice but
frugal farewell morning tea and that would have been that.

(00:41):
But what actually happened was Or Chuckter's toys yelled and
stamped his feet to the extent that the chair Quiggly
had to write to war. All this was also kept
secret until the Official Information Act and the olmwardsmen forced
their hand and exposed them. For the bunch of egotistical babies.
They are Quickly was yelling at Treasury or was yelling
at Willis. Deals were looking to be done, Letters and
proof was looking to be ben checks were being written

(01:02):
to make it all go away. Irony of ironies, Lest
we forget this is the same group of clowns who
buried the economy in the whole were still trying to
get ourselves out of years after COVID so they couldn't
do the job. They stuck the place, then packed massive
sads when their rain shower of funding was getting rectified,
started a big tanty scrap with various departments and ministers,

(01:23):
then tried to cover it all up. Have I missed
anything or vanished with the money, never to be heard
from again. Quickly, to his credit, hung around, made a
few public appearances, tried to paint a picture of normality
until the onwardsmen undid him last week, and that was that.
They really are an embarrassing, shambolic mess. Side note. It
is also why I assume Christian Hawksby stands zero chance

(01:44):
of getting All's old job. He's fatally linked to this
period of mayhem as well. We'd be glad to see
the back of them if it wasn't for the fact
we're still trying to clean up the mess, and every
one of us is paying the bill. For more from
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