Ex-banker to take control of state finances for LNP government

Carey, who held a number of short-term roles in the bureaucracy, had been under treasurer for just over a year. He replaced a longer-term Treasury official and former banker, Leon Allen, who lasted almost two years in the top job before moving to QTC and recently resigning as CEO effective February 28.

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The last long-serving under treasurer in Queensland was Gerard Bradley, who held the role from 1998 to 2012 under Labor governments. He was succeeded by Helen Gluer when the LNP took power under then premier Campbell Newman.

Gluer resigned in November 2013 for personal reasons, with Mark Gray then taking the role until another change of government in 2015, when the incoming Labor government of Annastacia Palaszczuk installed Jim Murphy.

Murphy resigned in 2018 and was replaced the following year by Frankie Carroll, who was himself replaced the following year by Rachel Hunter before Allen took over.

Former Labor treasurer Jackie Trad’s appointment of Carroll, now the CEO of Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop Authority, was the subject of an investigation by the Crime and Corruption Commission. The CCC took no further action, but was prevented from releasing a report on it and other investigations.

After years of legal action, the Crisafulli government will next week introduce legislation to parliament allowing the CCC to report on such matters, including the Trad case.

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