We’ve noted that the Tech Council of Australia overlooked AirTrunk wunderkind Robin Khuda in selecting the embattled Richard White to join its board in June, which in retrospect was a stunningly bad idea. But we had little idea how controversial the decision was, even at the time.

When the industry lobby group canvassed for new, member-elected board directors earlier this year, it considered no fewer than 14 nominations sourced from among its 130-strong membership.