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politics3h ago
If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?
- Critics say Labor’s response to Briggs’s recommendations falls short of reform and fuels mistrust in ministers’ appointments.
- Greens senator Pocock slammed Labor for withholding the report and not adopting all recommendations.
- Briggs proposed independent panels and four-year terms to curb patronage and improve vetting.
- The report called for a six-month pause before elections to curb last-minute appointments.
- Labor unveiled a framework covering 19 of 30 Briggs recommendations but stopped short of full reform.
- Crossbench and independent voices criticize the partial response as a trust issue for voters.
- The Briggs review found up to half of some portfolios’ picks were direct appointments by ministers.
- Recent appointments, like ministers and executives, illustrate ongoing cronyism concerns.
- The government says the framework will address 19 recommendations; critics say it lacks full reform.
- The Briggs review urges a six-month election pause to prevent gift-like late-term appointments.
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