$250K? as a government worker.
For exactly...what value?
A former senior government adviser who enjoyed privileged access to top-secret information about the navy’s future submarine project has taken a high paid job with one of three foreign contenders for the $20 billion plus contract.
Sean Costello was chief-of-staff to former Defence Minister David Johnston and left his $250,000-a-year government job in January this year.
He began work in April — just four months later — as Chief Executive Officer with French Government shipbuilder DCNS Australia.
The firm is engaged in a “competitive evaluation process” for the Navy’s future submarine contract alongside Germany’s Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Japan’s Soryu Class boat.
During his time with Senator Johnston, who was sacked last December, Mr Costello was intimately involved in the government’s deliberations over the planned project and even went on board one of the highly secretive Japanese boats with his former boss.
He was also caught up in the scandal involving excessive taxpayer funded restaurant bills used to wine and dine defence industry types that led to the minister’s demise.
The ex-navy submariner is also a former senior executive with the Australian submarine firm ASC where he was a vocal advocate for an Australian designed and built future submarine to replace six Collins Class boats.
Cash out. Play the system. No ethics.
This is all too common.
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