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Ex-deputy premier and chief spinner reunite around regional water cooler

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus circles Sunwater and CS Energy,a council U-turn on e-bikes,arts funding funny business,and more.

  • Matt Dennien andFelicity Caldwell

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Queensland Treasury is looking to fill an executive role focused on “financial efficiencies”,as the Crisafulli government chases

Treasury hunts ‘financial efficiencies’ figure as hiring squeeze spreads

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus finds more budgets bearing down,consultants cracking on,an ombudsman out the door,and more.

  • Matt Dennien andJames Hall
Urban Utilities chief executive Paul Arnold.

SEQ water boss to step down after three years at the helm

Paul Arnold was appointed chief executive of the government-owned corporation Urban Utilities in 2022,and will leave in October this year.

  • Julius Dennis
Patients at Prince Charles Hospital now have the chance of living a longer,healthier life with a major facility upgrade.

Mind the byelection for Metro North chief in curious committee call-up

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus details a health service’s political run-in,a council’s AI warning,Powerlink’s (coming) new boss,and more.

  • Matt Dennien
Jarrod Bleijie’s right-hand man John Sosso glided into a role with the QRC.

‘Creates a smell’:Top bureaucrat urged to detail shares in uranium miner

State Development director-general John Sosso holds shares in what would be the largest uranium miner in the state if a ban on mining the metal was again lifted.

  • Matt Dennien
Hoban says he raised the issues with Healthy Land&Water and the environment minister.

Key Qld stormwater guidelines ‘censoring the science’,lead author says

Alan Hoban was named as the lead author of new guidelines for Queensland developers. He says they’re wrong,and shouldn’t have been released.

  • Julius Dennis
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Queensland State Development,Infrastructure and Planning director-general John Sosso and Public Sector Commissioner David Mackie both,until recently,held shares in a uranium mining company with the largest deposits in the state. Sosso still does.

From kids netball to uranium mining:Top bureaucrats’ other interests

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus details department boss disclosures,overlapping appointments,a bureaucrat only bar,and more.

  • Matt Dennien andJulius Dennis
Director-General for the Department of Trade,Employment and Training Peter McKay,a former deputy director-general of the Office of Industrial Relations,giving evidence to the inquiry on Thursday.

Former workplace safety boss wanted to sack ‘friend of the CFMEU’,but couldn’t

Queensland’s former workplace safety regulator boss,Peter McKay,has taken the CFMEU inquiry stand as the probe delves into the union’s alleged capture of the office.

  • Matt Dennien
Deb Hume has stepped down from her high-paying TMR role.

Translink boss steps down a year into high-paying role

Deborah Hume cited family reasons for her departure,as TMR begins search for her replacement.

  • James Hall
Former Queensland Labor minister Paul Lucas,Queensland Council of Social Service chief executive Aimee McVeigh,former Labor minister Linda Lavarch,and former Labor candidate Donisha Duff have all departed state health service board roles two years early in the Crisafulli government’s recent overhaul.

The Labor figures and government critics in early health board exit lounge

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus dives deeper into health board intrigue,checks in on the audit office,senior job swappers,and more.

  • Matt Dennien andJames Hall