The problem with recruiting the creme de la creme of the private sector into the public service is that you’re hardly dealing with people used to slumming it.
From March 2022 until this April, the ACCC had one of the nation’s best competition lawyers as its enforcement chief. And while she started her career in the bureaucracy, former Gilbert + Tobin, Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills partner Liza Carver hasn’t flown with the plebs for over a decade.
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correction —
An earlier version of this article stated all ACCC commissioners were members of the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge until late last year. This is inaccurate – Peter Crone was not. The piece has been corrected.
Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
