The nomination of Gina Cass-Gottlieb to head the competition watchdog and succeed economist Rod Sims sends three important signals to business from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, months out from an election.
The nomination of a female commercial lawyer, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, to head the competition watchdog and succeed economist Rod Sims sends three important signals to business from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
First, Frydenberg has repeated his pre-election trick from 2019 – appointing and reappointing regulators months out from a federal election.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
