AFTER getting poor responses from Stephen Conroy’s office and being referred to my local member, Shadow MP Ian Macfarlane as discussed in Part One of this article, I started a small email chain with my local member.
First of all I want to publicly acknowledge that Mr Macfarlane has been quite efficient and reliable with his replies, and I appreciate he’s keeping in contact personally with the members of his electorate. His responses have always been received the next business day after I email him.
I asked Mr Macfarlane some follow up questions and he was kind enough to reply to me.
WHEN you send a Government department an email or a letter relating to
a piece of legislation they’re trying to pass that you wish to comment
on, you’d generally expect either a response noting your input, or no
response at all.
What you don’t expect is to be referred to email your local MP of whom is
a member of the Opposition, and holds a Shadow portfolio in no way
related to the issue at hand.
The response I got from the local MP was even sadder.
