America’s Trumpland  Politics is arriving in Australia. Public Agencies are being politicized in the manner of the USA (ODT)

Chris Bowen says the government is politicising commonwealth agencies
Chris Bowen has objected to the appointment of former Liberal staffers to the Treasury and the Productivity Commission. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Labor has raised concerns about the Turnbull government’s decision to appoint former political staffers to key bureaucratic roles in proximity to the federal election expected either later this year, or in the first half of 2019.

via Former Liberal staffers ‘parachuted’ into top Treasury positions, says Labor | Australia news | The Guardian