National Museum of Australia Chair, David Jones, and former Council member, Peter Yu, receive Order of Australia awards 14 June 2021 The National Museum.
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The board of the powerful Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation appointed a new chief executive late last year in the face of strong opposition from the Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt.
The revelation follows the exposure by
The Sydney Morning Herald and
The Age of deep dysfunction inside the board of the corporation, one of the countryâs most significant Indigenous statutory organisations which manages hundreds of millions of dollarsâ worth of assets including Ayers Rock Resorts.
Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt did not support the ILSCâs choice of CEO.
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The Age reveal that four days before the board announced Joseph Morrison as the new CEO on December 4, the minister wrote to corporation chairman Eddie Fry saying he opposed the appointment and the board should reconsider its nomination.