Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says that a senior public servant should not be appointed as the next Reserve Bank governor to avoid any connection with past governments.
As speculation mounts on whether Philip Lowe will be replaced as the head of the RBA once his term expires, Mr Dutton said the potential successor should not come from the public service.
Two leading candidates for the position are Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy and Finance Secretary Jenny Wilkinson.
But Mr Dutton said the next governor should be someone from a non-political background, given the importance of the position.
“We don’t believe it should be somebody who is familiar, if you like, to the government, somebody who has been working very closely with the treasurer, the finance minister, or the prime minister,” he told Sydney radio station 2GB on July 13….