Don’t treat voters like fools when it comes to political appointments - Sydney Morning Herald

Some postings are warranted and valuable, but others, such as John Barilaro’s plum New York job, can be a bad look for the government.

This weeks furore over John Barilaros $500,000-a-year trade role in New York has stoked memories from my previous role as the Canberra bureau chief for TheSydney Morning Herald and The Age. During m… [+3000 chars]

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