article_snippet: Labor was in power for six years.
article_snippet: Virtually everybody currently serving on the boards of government bodies was either appointed or reappointed while Labor was in power,' Simon McKeon said. '
article_snippet: The reality is that, yes, there is a rule that no one on the board of a federal government agency has been reappointed,' Simon McKeon said. '
article_snippet: I haven't come across anyone actually in government, let alone in private enterprise, who says `oh this is a wonderfully good initiative'.'
article_snippet: Many of many of his colleagues are part of the boards for humanitarian or charitable reasons. '
highlights_snippet: Many of the appointees do the job for humanitarian reasons .
  