ken henry dumps on abbott and hockey, page-4

"Dr Henry told the ABC’s 7.30 that he was disappointed to see Coalition attacks on his old department last year when public servants are unable to defend themselves publicly."

"Asked if Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision last year to remove Dr Parkinson was normal, Dr Henry noted that “it’s never happened in the Treasury in 114 years, 113 years”.

“No government has ever thought it appropriate to remove the head of the Treasury and put in somebody who they think is of the right, let’s say, of a more comfortable political character,” he said."

http://www.afr.com/p/national/politics/sacked_treasury_head_should_stay_m3dzdIRgCQBaC0s7hU4a6J