> Would it be asking too much for a highly paid minister of the crown, who supposedly is supposed to lead government policy in an area, to have substantial know

> Would it be asking too much for a highly paid minister of the crown, who supposedly is supposed to lead government policy in an area, to have substantial knowledge of it? Apparently yes, and it's not just Australia. When Amber Rudd was Home Secretary in the UK she only opened her mouth to put her foot in it technically speaking. She came out with a hugely comical technical point after pretty much every incident, like the NHS virus a couple of years back, or when the government, iirc, "needed people with the necessary hastags". Needless to say she was of the view mere citizens should not have encryption and that encryption needs backdoors for the good guys. You get the same dangerous lack of awareness for science, environment and energy ministries as well as tech. Which makes me think the others, that I know less about, are much the same.