Morning everyone. Governments frequently appoint “friends” to high-level positions in publicly owned businesses and agencies, in a practice that often “looked like patronage and nepotism”. That’s the judgment of a scathing review that was finally released by Labor today, a year and a half after it was finished.
Plus, we look at how Victoria could become the first state to ban certain intersex surgery, you have a wonderful read in the second part of our Speaking to country series, and there’s advice on what to wear when moving from the beach to the bar this summer.
