Key points:
- The federal government will decide on Philip Lowe’s future as RBA governor this month
- The Treasury and Finance secretaries are two of the candidates being floated to be the next governor
- Peter Dutton says they should be ruled out of consideration given their established relationships to government
The LNP were in Government for over a decade and “established relationships” far in excess of those of the ALP who have just been given jobs.
Dutton’s LNP had “established relationships” well before 2013 they turned the practise into the “new norm”

Remember when they turned their backs on treasury and finance in order to have their prospective budgets “independently audited”. Joe Hockey was voted the “World’s Worst Treasurer” and was given the American Ambassadorship. The chairman of ABC was Maurice Newman and in their pocket. Murdochians are even on the board with Janet Albrechtsen. While Speers has replaced Probyn as Political head of the ABC news.
The LNP appointed heads of departments not according to expertise but according to their politics. They were the Party that let the foxes into the henhouse and caused the current PwC scandal. They neutered the ABC with their appointments and here is Dutton parroting on that the ALP has “established relationships” with appointees and accusing them of doing what the LNP have been doing since Christ played ruck for Jerusalem. The ALP hasn’t even a track record when it comes to the level of corrupt appointments made by the LNP.
As the government weighs whether to keep or replace Philip Lowe as RBA governor, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says two key candidates from treasury and finance should be ruled out of the running.
Source: Next RBA governor should not come from treasury or finance departments, Peter Dutton says – ABC News