Election 2016: Coalition makes scores of appointments in caretaker period countdown

It's one way to deliver on the mantra of "jobs and growth".

The Turnbull government has announced more than 50 appointments and reappointments to publicly funded positions in the final hours before the election caretaker period begins, most likely on Sunday.

In one hour on Friday, Coalition ministers announced 28 appointments - or almost one every two minutes.

Six months before the 2013 election, former prime minister Tony Abbott accused Labor of "reaching out from beyond the political grave" by making appointments that began after election day, and then-treasurer Joe Hockey said it "set an awful precedent".

Former minister Michael Ronaldson has been appointed as a director of Australia Post.Credit: Andrew Meares

But on Friday, the government named former minister Michael Ronaldson as a director of Australia Post and reappointed chairman John Stanhope.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has made six diplomatic appointments this week, including new ambassadors to Iran, Vietnam, Jordan, Italy and the Holy See.

Meanwhile, Attorney-General George Brandis has announced 76 appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

By 3pm on Friday the list of final week appointments and reappointments included:

Philip Lowe will replace Glenn Stevens as governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Credit: Sergio Dionisio

Reserve Bank

Philip Lowe, governor

Ian Harper, board member

Ambassadors

Greg French, Italy

Craig Chittick, Vietnam

Miles Armitage, Jordan

Melissa Hitchman, Holy See

Ian Biggs, Iran

Andrew Barnes, Ghana

SBS

Daryl Karp, board

Australia Post

Michael Ronaldson, board member

John Stanhope, chairman

Jan West, board member

Fair Work Commission

Lyndall Dean, deputy president

Human Rights Commission

Kay Patterson, Age Discrimination Commissioner

Alastair McEwin, Disability Discrimination Commissioner

Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Sarah McNaughton

Productivity Commission

Karen Chester, deputy chair

Jonathan Coppel, commissioner

Classification Board

Lesley O'Brien, board member

Margaret Anderson, deputy director

Council of National Library

Jane Hemstritch, member

Kent Anderson, member

Janet Hirst, member

Alice Wong, member

Douglas Snedden, member

Council of National Maritime Museum

Teresia Fors, member

John Mullen, member

Council of National Museum

Catharine Lumby, member

Michael Traill, member

Maureen Plavsic, member

Council of National Gallery

Timothy Fairfax, AC, part-time member

John Hindmarsh, AM, part-time member

Jane Hylton, part-time member

Australian Competition Tribunal

Justice John Middleton, part-time president

Justice Andrew Greenwood, part-time deputy president

David Yates, part-time deputy president

Alan Robertson, part-time deputy president

Kevin Davis, part-time member

Darryn Abraham, part-time member

Creative Partnerships Australia

Samantha Meers

Rosheen Garnon

Susan Street

Brett Torossi

Rupert Myer, AO

Michael Smith

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