The Morrison government has appointed a long-time Liberal Party staffer to a $350,000-a-year Great Barrier Reef job, fuelling accusations the Coalition is stacking the senior public service with political allies ahead of the election. auspol
The Morrison government has appointed a long-time Liberal Party staffer to a $350,000-a-year job heading up the agency managing the struggling Great Barrier Reef, fuelling accusations the Coalition is stacking the senior public service with its political allies ahead of the May election.
Ms Price said Mr Thomas "brings a strong understanding of the authority with more than 15 years' experience in the public and private sector and has academic qualifications in science and international affairs". The authority's former chief executive and chairperson Russell Reichelt has a PhD in marine science and has worked as a researcher studying the ecology of coral reefs.understands it included several former senior state and federal public servants whose appointments would have been been considered non-partisan and welcomed by the environment movement.
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