Liberal Party lobby firm Crosby Textor was awarded a secret contract, not put to tender, when Scott Morrison was managing director at Tourism Australia. Jommy Tee investigates what the bloody hell happened.
Tag: Tourism Australia
There are still many questions surrounding Scott Morrison’s ill-starred time at the helm of Tourism Australia, writes Jommy Tee. Newly released documents confirm KPMG did not undertake a probity audit in 2005 into the assessment and evaluation of shortlisted tenderers for Tourism Australia’s advertising contracts.
From his controversial “jobs for the boys” appointment, his run-ins with his minister and the board, his lack of transparency in the role, and his obfuscation at Senate Estimates it is no wonder that his departure came sooner rather than later.
Should Morrison ever look for a corporate gig after politics … well corporate Australia he’s all yours.
Source: Did Tourism Australia really get a KPMG report, or was it Scomo’s imagination? – Michael West
” Where the bloody hell are you?”
The Prime Minister’s short-lived incarnation as managing director of Tourism Australia has long been a matter of speculation. A Liberal sacked by a Liberal government! But for correspondent Jommy Tee, it’s a case of ACCESS DENIED.
Morrison for trying to steal the limelight, including by issuing press releases without approval from her office. “There was a clash of personalities from the start,” one Howard government staffer says, adding that Morrison “just had a strong self-belief in what he was doing, and he wasn’t going to let the minister stop him”.
Source: How Scott Morrison was sacked from Tourism Australia
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