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in 2018, is to assist the government of Gibraltar in its free trade negotiations with Australia. The British Overseas Territory has engaged Downer for a three-year gig and thus the former foreign minister has placed himself on the federal government's transparency register, as a consultant.
At the time we reported he was stuck in SA for the foreseeable future, but in August came news that Downer had shown his adrenaline junkie side when he was knocked unconscious after a nasty accident on a rented e-scooter in Frankfurt. He was visiting the German city with wife Nicky to catch up with friends.The 68-year-old former diplomat, despite suffering memory loss, rejected the advice of doctors for a three-night hospital stay and discharged himself to recuperate at his hotel.
Downer will add the Gibraltar job to his position as principal at Tenjin Consulting, the London and Melbourne-based firm he runs with daughter. Geopolitics addicts can get a weekly fix of the pair shooting the breeze on international relations via their weekly Geopod podcast. It's an acquired taste.had ditched his home town of Melbourne when he fronted a federal parliament's economics committee from quarantine on the Gold Coast.
"Not only is Hostplus a major stakeholder of the AFL, but the fund has three offices and more than 200,000 members in the state - representing $8 billion of Hostplus' current funds under management," a spokesman said, who confirmed Elia's move north.
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