had expected. The Premier inherited David Saul's cabinet and now that remains largely intact. It was expected that she would want to have her own team in positions of her choice and that it was time for some new faces and for some members of Cabinet who have not been sensitive to the people or to the Government's good image to be removed.

The Premier has not done that. The controversial ministers are still in place which means that the Colin Coxall Affair and the planning mess at Vesey Street will continue to plague the Country, unresolved and festering, just as McDonald's has done.

The Vesey Street decision looks like favouritism by a Minister for a party official and whether it is or not does not matter in politics. The Premier must know that John Irving Pearman has to be removed to protect her Government's image. The same is true of the Minister of Home Affairs whose credibility has been badly shaken by the going of Colin Coxall. The Premier should have taken the high road no matter how painful.

John Barritt has moved out of Technology at a bad time because of the controversy over licensing new telephone companies but probably at his own request. The pressures on his law firm, Appleby, Spurling and Kempe, must be great because three partners are members of the House and one is the Deputy Premier and Education Minister while another is Government Whip.

The surprise was the appointment of Senator E.T.(Bob) Richards, now the Government leader in the Senate, to the Ministry which includes telecommunications since he has been allied with a company seeking a licence from that Ministry.

There have also been some minor adjustments in portfolios, the most interesting being the fact that the Premier has herself taken on Government Information Services. Most likely she had done that in response to complaints that Government's public relations are not the best. She may find out what this newspaper has known for a long time and that is that most Ministers do not appreciate the value of good public relations.

The Premier has used her right of appointment to the Senate to produce two new young fresh faces but people without political experience or know how. Time will tell whether they can produce but the thinking must be that they will make useful UBP candidates at the next election and are being given exposure.

Senator Gary Pitman was a John Swan appointee and Senator Noela Haycock a David Saul appointee. For some time now it has been clear that neither aspired to a House of Assembly seat and that may have sealed their fate in the Senate.

Those who wanted to see a new look Cabinet inspired by the Premier and ready to fight an election will be disappointed. This Cabinet says to the people "it's business as usual'' and the people have not been too happy lately with the way Government has been doing the people's business.