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Appointments January 5, 2024

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Our weekly appointments wrap includes Darren Foster, Catherine Raw, Johan van Jaarsveld, Andrea Sutton, Ross Love, Paul Ferguson, Dixie Marshall and Tania Hudson.

Foster to chair WA Heritage Council

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Former Department of Premier and Cabinet director general and government special advisor Darren Foster has been appointed chair of the state's Heritage Council.

Appointments September 15, 2023

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Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jamie Allardice, Zac Komur, Gail Bowman, Marten Tieleman, Alison Xamon, Kate O'Hara, Rebecca Smith, David Flanagan, Chris Ellison, Josh Thurlow, Neale Fong, Gary Dreibergs, Darren Foster, Fabian Ross and Jennifer McGrath.

Key ministers, staffers depart

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The second McGowan government is set for big changes, with two of the premier's three closest advisers resigning and minister Peter Tinley believed to have been demoted.

Former adviser sues McGowan, Wyatt

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Former McGowan Government media adviser Steve Kaless has launched a defamation case against the Premier, the Treasurer and several government staff members after his acquittal on a charge of indecently assaulting a female colleague at a Christmas party last year.

WA’s top bureaucrat steps down

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Department of the Premier and Cabinet director general, Darren Foster, is stepping down immediately, with senior bureaucrats Rebecca Brown and Sharyn O'Neill stepping into the breach.

Power rests with a select few

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This year's Most Influential feature has been narrowed down to the 50 people in WA making the biggest impact in business and politics.

Key McGowan adviser in fight over CCC inquiry

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The head of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet has been accused of an “extremely serious intentional breach of parliamentary privilege” by a parliamentary committee chaired by Labor's Kate Doust for his actions during a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation.

Langoulant keeps reform fires burning

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John Langoulant's interests range widely, from building a lyric theatre in Perth to doing business in the Top End, but his main passion is public sector reform.

Political posts and power plays

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Opinion: The departure of career public servant Stephen Wood has raised questions about the role of the bureaucracy in providing frank and fearless advice.

Foster to head Premier's department

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Darren Foster has been formally confirmed as director general of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, making him arguably the state's most powerful public servant, in a move forshadowed by Business News in March.

New department heads named

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Senior public servants Stephen Wood, David Smith and Darren Foster are among the main winners from the state government's plan to create 11 larger departments.

Influence radiates from centre of power

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SPECIAL REPORT: A small group of ministers and backroom advisers close to Mark McGowan will set the agenda for the new state government.

Foster moves into Premier & Cabinet

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A former chief of staff to Premier Mark McGowan has been seconded to a senior role in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, triggering speculation he may become the next director general, putting him at the centre of government power.