Every key public servant hired since LNP swept to power
There’s been plenty of fresh faces as well as some LNP favourites thrown a job since David Crisafulli became Premier six months ago. SEE THE LIST
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Nearly a dozen people with links to the LNP or previous relationships with ministers have been appointed by the government in the six months since David Crisafulli was elected Premier.
Jeff Seeney, deputy premier in Campbell Newman’s LNP government, was appointed to the board of CS Energy.
On the eve of the Easter long weekend Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie named Julian Simmonds, the defeated LNP MP for Ryan, new head of Economic Development Queensland.
Newman government Mines Minister Andrew Cripps was appointed state recovery coordinator following this year’s North Queensland flood event.
The western Queensland flood event resulted in LNP-linked former Quilpie mayor Stuart Mackenzie being appointed state recovery coordinator.
Michael Hart, who resigned as the LNP’s long-term Burleigh MP at the October state election, didn’t need to wait long for a new gig.
In January he was tapped to chair the policy-advising Work Health and Safety Board.
WorkCover Queensland chair Chloe Kopilovic sought preselection for the LNP in Fairfax a decade ago.
Under Treasurer Paul Williams and Energy Queensland board member Bill Armagnacq previously worked with Treasurer David Janetzki.
Bruce Highway Advisory Board member Luke Bird donated to the LNP in 2022.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by any of the appointees.
Separately, the LNP government has named dozens of new public servants, judicial officers and board members since it swept to power on October 26.
ALL APPOINTMENTS
Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council
Nathan Crane
Kristy Bell
Douglas Wilson
Court of Appeals
Thomas Joseph Bradley KC
Supreme Court
Paul Edward Smith AM
(Reserve judges)
Robert Gotterson AO KC
Philip Morrison KC
Magistrates Court
Thomas Braes OAM
District Court
Christopher Paul Kahler
Michael Burnett AM
Childrens Court
Philip McCarthy KC
Dzenita Balic
Land Court
Jeffrey Robert Clarke
Public Sector Commissioner
David Mackie
Under Treasurer, Queensland Treasury
Paul Williams
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Deputy Commissioner
Kim Kelly
Drugs Misuse Act Analysts
Maria Imogen Sofietje Elmendorp
Christopher Ian Nelson
Tourism and Events Queensland CEO
Craig Davidson
Productivity Commissioner
Angela Moody
Queensland Redistribution Commission
Gregory Koppenol, retired Judge of the District Court (chair)
Patrick Vidgen, Electoral Commissioner of Queensland
John Sosso, Director-General, Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning.
Director-General of Premier and Cabinet
Damien Walker
Director-General of the Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
John Sosso
Queensland Health Director-General
David Rosengren
Acting Director-General of the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Trish O’Callaghan
Director-General, Department of Education
Sharon Schimming
Director-General, Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety
Belinda Drew
Director-General, Department of Justice
Sarah Cruickshank
Director-General, Department of Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Multiculturalism
Natalie Wilde
Public Health Inquiry (Swanbank and New Chum odours)
John Gerrard
Lyn Denison
WorkCover Queensland
Chloe Kopilovic
Greg Hallam
Resources Safety and Health Interim Commissioner
Ken Singer
CS Energy
Jeff Seeney
Tony Bellas
Energy Queensland
Bill Armagnacq
Corrine Butler
Leisa Rafter
Jobs Queensland
Michael Drew
Deirdre von Guilleaume
Queensland Local Government Grants Commission
Vic Pennisi
Jane McNamara
Peter Scott
Elvie Sandow
Adult Crime, Adult Time Expert Legal Panel
April Freeman KC
Douglas Wilson
Lyndy Atkinson
Randal Ross
Robert Weir
Blue Card Child Protection System Review
Luke Twyford
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