{"id":90395,"date":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/senator-fancied-as-comms-chief\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:27:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:27:00","slug":"senator-fancied-as-comms-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/senator-fancied-as-comms-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Fancied As Comms Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CANBERRA &#8211; South Australian senator Simon Birmingham is firming as favourite to take the Communications Minister job vacated by Malcolm Turnbull, when Turnbull launched his successful bid to become Prime Minister. Turnbull is expected to announce the new ministry on Monday.<span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;\n\nmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:\n\n&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;\n\nmso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">Other possibilities for the comms post include Paul<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher, a former Optus executive who has been parliamentary secretary to<\/p>\n<p>Turnbull; and Joe Hockey who appears likely to be moved from the Treasurer&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>job, almost certainly to be handed to Scott Morrison in return for his help in<\/p>\n<p>securing the numbers for Turnbull&#8217;s successful coup.<\/p>\n<p>However Birmingham, a former Water Minister and currently Assistant Education<\/p>\n<p>and Training Minister under Christopher Pyne, is seen as having driven a<\/p>\n<p>reduction in dysfunction in Australia&#8217;s vocational education system, and may<\/p>\n<p>prove a better choice to tackle the floundering NBN rollout.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham yesterday told Sky News he has had no conversation yet with Turnbull<\/p>\n<p>about a new role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no expectations; I love my current role. 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