adios ken henry , page-4

"Look what they are replacing him with, can we actually let people with real credentials apply for these jobs ?"

Ph.D in economics from princeton , decades of experience sounds qualified to me.

What more do you want?

http://www.climatechange.gov.au/about.aspx

"Dr Martin Parkinson was appointed as Secretary upon establishment of the Department of Climate Change on 3 December 2007.

His appointment follows six years as Deputy Secretary in Treasury with responsibility for domestic and international macroeconomic issues and as Deputy Secretary of the Climate Change Group in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet with responsibility for leading and coordinating implementation of the emissions trading scheme and coordinating climate change policy.

Dr Parkinson was Australia's G-20, IMFC and Development Committee Deputy and Co-chair of the G-20 Deputies process in 2006. He has also worked at the International Monetary Fund on the reform of international financial architecture. In the early 1990s Dr Parkinson served as Senior Adviser to Treasurer Dawkins and has also worked for Treasurers Kerin and Willis.

He holds a Ph.D from Princeton University, a M.Ec from the Australian National University and a B.Ec (Hons) from the University of Adelaide."