CIVIL SERVICE – AUSTRALIA – APPOINTMENTS AND RETIREMENTS

ACTU calling for Cash to quit cabinet

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 15-Sep-17

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash has defended the appointment of Nigel Hadgkiss as the head of the Australian Building & Construction Commission in December 2016. Cash says she became aware of the ACTU’s allegations against Hadgkiss in October, but she argues that he only admitted to breaching the Fair Work Act when he resigned on 13 September 2017. Cash also argues that Hadgkiss automatically became head of the ABCC when it was reinstated, as he held the same role at the Fair Work Building & Construction Inspectorate. However, ACTU president Ged Kearney says Cash’s position is untenable and she should also resign.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, FAIR WORK BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, ACTU, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Cranston’s long ATO career ends in court

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Original article by Joanna Mather, Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 14-Jun-17

Australian Tax Office veteran Michael Cranston has formally resigned in the wake of revelations about a massive tax fraud that involves his son and daughter. Cranston himself was not involved in the $A130m tax fraud, but he has been charged with two counts of abuse of public office. The deputy commissioner of taxation has been suspended without pay since the tax scam was exposed, while another three ATO officials have also been suspended while the investigation into the scandal continues.

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AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

Ex-UBS head Fraser to run Treasury

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Original article by Joe Aston, Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 6-Oct-14

The Australian Government is expected to appoint John Fraser to succeed Martin Parkinson as secretary of the Department of the Treasury. Fraser retired as CEO of UBS’s asset management division in 2013, and his previous roles have included a stint as deputy secretary of the Treasury. Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Saul Eslake has welcomed the likely appointment of Fraser, but notes the poor treatment of Parkinson by the Coalition Government

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, UBS AG, BANK OF AMERICA AUSTRALIA LIMITED, MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, SWISS BANK CORPORATION, GROUP OF TWENTY (G-20), TD SECURITIES, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA