It is easy to get disillusioned by some of the faux "consultation" done. Though if you disengage as a result of this it isn't productive.
In Victoria many felt insulted by the behaviour of ParksVic and the changes to camping fees. The consultation was a joke. The capital expenditure that was done to enact their "cost saving measures" was counter productive. Thankfully a change of government here has partly rectified things.
This Easter, the Arapiles rangers themselves were quite receptive when I told them my thought about it all. I was blunt about things but in a friendly way. Bureaucracy is a bitch. But it is often more productive to work with it than against it.