Convincing investors to back embryonic green industries like ‘direct air capture’ is hard, which makes grants from the likes of Elon Musk all the more welcome.
The NRL says yes. The Premierâs office says no. Nobody is saying anything publicly, and if they are theyâre doing a very good job of not answering the question.
Either way, no matter which way itâs spun, the decision from Berejiklian on Sunday to kill any thought of Fuller joining the commission is an extraordinary embarrassment for the NRL and chairman Peter Vâlandys.
Just hours after the story broke last Thursday morning about Vâlandys approaching Fuller to come onto the board, the NRL was backgrounding reporters that Berejiklian had given her tacit approval.
When I interviewed Fuller at lunchtime that day, he left me with the impression the job was his to take if he wanted it, although admitted there was a âprocessâ that needed to be completed over the next â48 hoursâ.