The Minister ultimately responsible for Screen Queensland has resigned her post. Rushed into place is the Education Minister, John-Paul Langbroek, pending a permanent incumbent.
It is fair to say that Ros Bates has been accident prone, though the problem didn’t exactly start with her. The Courier Mail covered the way in which her son Ben Gommers scored a plum job as temporary departmental liaison officer at the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Unfortunately, Premier Newman had already applied a draconian freeze on new appointments.
