{"id":17645,"date":"2022-08-05T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=17645"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:53:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T14:53:48","slug":"nsw-labor-will-abolish-liberals-senior-trade-commissioner-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/08\/05\/nsw-labor-will-abolish-liberals-senior-trade-commissioner-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Labor will abolish Liberal\u2019s senior trade commissioner roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Minns Labor Government will abolish the Liberals\u2019 and Nationals\u2019 senior trade and investment commissioner roles.
 
The Liberal and National Government announced in November 2020 that it would spend millions on six overseas senior trade and investment commissioner roles, who will receive salaries of up to $500,000 per year.
 
Labor\u2019s announcement comes after a series of embarrassing revelations surrounding the Government\u2019s touted Global NSW Strategy.
 
Serious questions have been raised about whether the multimillion dollar scheme has delivered taxpayers value for money.
 
These contracts will not be renewed, and after two failed processes to fill their $500,000 position in New York \u2013 which has been mired in scandal and secrecy \u2013 now is the time to stop.
 
Labor will work with the business community and industry groups about a suitable replacement program that deliver meaningful investment and growth for NSW industries, and work with Austrade to align our investment activities.
  
The role of Agent-General for NSW in London was axed in 1993 after an expenses scandal, used to fund an extravagant lifestyle.
 
The late former-premier John Fahey described the position as a sham, saying the position was a throwback to colonial days when it was important to have \u201cgarden parties and participate in ceremonies.\u201d
 
Chris Minns, NSW Labor Leader, said:<\/strong>
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With our hospitals overstretched and teachers under-resourced, the Government has failed dismally to demonstrate value for money of its senior trade commissioners.
 
\u201cLabor will prioritise rebuilding NSW\u2019s domestic manufacturing capacity and delivering local job opportunities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Anoulack Chanthivong, NSW Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade, said:<\/strong>
 
\u201cThe Government is unable to establish how much trade or investment can be directly attributed to its grandiose senior trade roles.
 
\u201cThe Government\u2019s senior trade roles have been mired in scandal \u2013 not only about who is being appointed to these roles and how, but also the overseas activities at taxpayers\u2019 expense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Minns Labor Government will abolish the Liberals\u2019 and Nationals\u2019 senior trade and investment commissioner roles. The Liberal and National Government announced in November 2020 that it would spend millions on six overseas senior trade and investment commissioner roles, who will receive salaries of up to $500,000 per year. Labor\u2019s announcement comes after a series of embarrassing revelations … Continue reading “NSW Labor will abolish Liberal\u2019s senior trade commissioner roles”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17646,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645\/revisions\/17646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}