It takes a special kind of incompetence to drag your government into another “jobs for the boys” scandal.
Well, wasn’t that totally predictable? Less than a fortnight after the appointment of a controversial Seven Network producer to an executive role at NSW Police,. Equally predictable was the cynical manner in which NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb made her backdown public: right on the eve of the Easter long weekend.for the vacant role of executive director of public affairs went down like a lead balloon within the force and most Sydney media outlets.
colleague, Taylor Auerbach. Auerbach lost his job at Sky News Australia amid the fallout from Jackson’s hiring.
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