Perrottet urged to add Ward to inner sanctum

Samantha HutchinsonNational reporter

Oct 20, 2022 – 10.26am

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is being urged to appoint upper house MP Natalie Ward to the Expenditure Review Committee to help fulfil the government’s pledge to improve gender diversity across state-owned corporations and boards.

The ERC – a four-person, subcommittee representing cabinet’s most senior decision-making body – has had a vacancy since Stuart Ayres resigned as deputy leader and trade minister after John Barilaro’s appointment to a US trade post.

correction —

An earlier version of this article described the expenditure review committee as all-male. This is incorrect. The article has been updated accordingly.

Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine.