“The state has to increasingly embed itself – not majestically, sitting at the apex of society, dispensing justice – but the state has to embed itself invisibly into global networks and supply chains, and the virtual realm, in a seamless and largely invisible fashion, intervening on the basis of intelligence and risk settings. Increasingly, at super scale and at very high volumes.”
Source: George Brandis: Why Mike Pezullo must resign from Department of Home Affairs.
Pezzullo sounds like someone who should not hold power, governance or decision making over anything.