Qantas ground staff could soon walk off the job, potentially leaving hundreds of FIFO flights stranded, amid a bitter dispute between the airline and the Transport Workers Union over pay and conditions.
The state’s under treasurer Joann Wilkie has left her role one year to the day since moving to Western Australia.
Recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours List, Ms Wilkie was recruited to the Department of Treasury and Finance from New South Wales, where she was the state economic strategy and productivity group’s deputy secretary.
She will take up the role of chief executive at the largest superannuation fund in WA, GESB, which has been without a boss since the departure of Ben Palmer in April.
