Senate scrutiny to unmask “extremely generous” payments to AWI nine

Colin Bettles
Updated March 23 2017 - 9:40am, first published 9:23am
AWI CEO Stuart McCullough and Chair Walter Merriman at recent Senate estimates hearings.
AWI CEO Stuart McCullough and Chair Walter Merriman at recent Senate estimates hearings.

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) will be asked to expose more hidden details of controversial settlement payments made to nine retrenched employees, when the industry-levy-spending research and marketing agency again faces the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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