tribunals: In the two weeks since 27 March, it has publicly announced 70 appointments to boards, statutory bodies and tribunals, and diplomatic postings, according to a Guardian analysis, according to The Guardian. Of those, 14 individuals, or 20%, were former Liberal or National MPs, party executives, or senior advisers to Coalition ministers. The Coalition made the usual flurry of appointments in the last weeks before the election was called on Thursday morning. Eight were previously federal or state politicians, five were senior advisers and one was a high-ranking party executive. - The appointments include the former Liberal MP Ewen Jones, appointed to the board of the National Film and Sound Archive, the former Nationals state MP Hugh Delahunty, who was appointed to the Sport Australia board, and the former Nationals federal director Scott Mitchell, who was named as a non-executive director of Snowy Hydro. Two former Liberal MPs Phillip Barresi and ACT MLA Tony De Domenico were appointed to the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation. The former Liberal ACT chief minister Kate Carnell was appointed to the Defence Industry Advisory Board, while former Liberal senator, Richard Alston, was appointed to the Council of the National Gallery.
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