THE AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR TRADE
TIM FISCHER
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD STORY ON ADRIAN CRUICKSHANK
The Sydney Morning Herald has put quite the wrong interpretation on my actions
in respect
of Mr Cruickshank
Official of the NSW National Party organisation did approach me for information
regarding
opportunities for work overseas.
I advised that there were no Ambassadorial or High Commission posts available,
and further that in my view appointment of former State Members to such
positions was inappropriate.
l did undertake to ask my department to provide any information it had available
on Vacancies in such bodies as the UN or UNESCO.
These would be positions for which Mr Cruickshank who I emphasise has previously
served Australia as a diplomat might apply on his own merits. in much the
same way as the former Federal Member for Fraser, John Langmore, recently
secured a position with the UN.