Former chief minister Shane Stone still employed despite Labor vowing to sack him pre-election
There’s still no word on whether a prominent Territorian will lose his job after Labor sensationally promised to axe him from the role if elected.
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SHANE Stone is still leading the National Recovery and Resilience Agency, two weeks after Labor swept to power in the federal election.
The former Northern Territory chief minister was subject to a barrage of criticism from Queensland Senator Murray Watt in the months before the election, who vowed Labor would axe him if elected.
Mr Stone was criticised for claiming homes prone to frequent flooding should not be rebuilt and residents instead moved to higher ground.
Labor slammed the comments as insensitive, despite mayors in local flood-ravaged areas defending Mr Stone’s performance during the East Coast floods earlier this year.
Shane Stone runs Morrison’s $4.8 billion Emergency Response Fund. He has failed to build a single flood mitigation project with it and now he blames the victims of his own incompetence.
— Senator Murray Watt (@MurrayWatt) March 3, 2022
“Shane Stone runs Morrison’s $4.8 billion Emergency Response Fund,” Senator Watt wrote on Twitter in March.
“He has failed to build a single flood mitigation project with it and now he blames the victims of his own incompetence.”
In April, the Australian newspaper reported Labor intended to boot him, with Senator Watt saying Labor had called upon Mr Stone to resign or face being booted.
When approached by the NT News on Tuesday, Mr Stone declined to comment.
But it’s understood it is “business as usual” at the National Recovery and Resilience Agency despite a change of government.
Meanwhile, Senator Watt’s office declined to comment on the record.
It’s understood the National Recovery and Resilience Agency is being folded into the Department of Home Affairs.
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