Heads should roll

Once again senior public executives are let off the hook in spite of massive blunders, this time in the Haneef case.

The incompetent Ministers Andrews and Ruddock were dismissed by the Australian voters in 2007.

These men masqueraded as security fanatics but in reality pandered to Hansonite sentiments and engaged in terrorist scaremongering.

Among the executives of the Federal Police the deeply involved Head Mick Keelty surely must bear the principal responsibility of what are now described as "mystifying mistakes".

Just recently the former senior managers of NSW Rail were promoted away to more highly paid jobs although massive corruption took place on their watch over several years.

Whose head has rolled in the Australian Wheat Board scandal?

Surely the bucks stop with the heads.

If it doesn't, the quality of the public services is bound to suffer severely.

These people are paid very high salary packages, many times the average wage.

The public is entitled to excellent service from such people.

If they fail they should be sacked.

The Federal Government is wrong in allowing Mr Keelty and his two underlings to continue. They had excellent advice from ASIO and ignored it.

Apologies to Dr Haneef and his family are overdue.

Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach