Dominic Perrottet defends appointment of Liberal donor brother of Angus Taylor to NSW body

Liberal party figure Charlie Taylor was appointed to the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council in January. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Dominic Perrottet has defended his government’s appointment of a senior Liberal official – who made thousands of dollars in political donations to the party – as the chair of a New South Wales productivity council set up to provide independent advice on innovation.

In January the state’s innovation minister, Alister Henskens, appointed Charlie Taylor to chair the state’s Innovation and Productivity Council (IPC).