Premier doubles down on suggestion LNP figures viewed top doc pick unfit
What they said
Speaking at the first media conference in Townsville about the abandoned recruitment process, Crisafulli refused to answer a question about whether he was talking to Hajkowicz personally.
“Then I respected your privacy, and I will do it again, Cris Crisafulli said. He asked how the doctor could know how he wasn’t right for the role.
Crisafulli, “Well, has moved away from work and moved away from him, and we respect his privacy from that time, and this plays a very important and advanced role, and this time I think it is appropriate and appropriate to give him the confidentiality we gave last time,” he said.
“And in the meantime, the only reason I comment on it is not asked and the Labor Party comment every day.”
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Crisafulli re -refused to summarize why his government rejected the external recruitment process that chose it again this year, and again suggested that Hajkowicz maintained his privacy.
“I want to know that we will only provide our advice of Queenslanders and that we will be sure that we can surrender someone who is medically qualified, Cris said Crisafullli, who was asked to ignore any political intervention.
“For the doctor, I’m just making the observation, you know, I certainly don’t wish him [ill] He will put his name forward, before he refused to be a political decision.
Another point of view
Hajkowicz, a senior infectious disease expert employed at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, operated by the state government, refused to comment on the issue.
Opposition leader Cameron Dick said that the party is considering the options, including a potential referral to the state’s corruption surveillance.
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