Way, way back on 19 July 2021 I submitted a complaint about NPWS management of the Mount Warning National Park to the NSW Ombudsman. To cut a long story short the Ombudsman's office replied on 14 October 2021 declining to investigate. On October 15, 2021 I requested this decision be reviewed. After more than 12 months I received the outcome of this review on November 8, 2022 (content below). After more than a year the Ombudsman has upheld the earlier decision and has declined to investigate my concerns. The muck to be left under the rug. The saga raises serious concerns about the capacity the gatekeepers of our democracy have to investigate maladministration in public office. Based on my experience we have a bunch of toothless tigers too scared and frightened of upsetting the cart to do the work the public rely upon to ensure our bureaucracy is acting in accordance with the laws that govern them. It is clear this process is broken. The only avenue available now appears to be recou...
Our mountains belong to all of us. The Right to Climb them and bask in their views that inspire awe and wonder is as old as the human genome. This long-established cultural tradition is under threat by a small group of bureaucrats determined to impose their way on the rest of the world. It is right to Climb because we have the Right to climb. If you don’t exercise your rights you lose them. Don't let petty nanny state bureaucrats take them away.