{"id":29370,"date":"2017-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/pilko-gets-a-tip-off-on-who-s-in-line-for-plum-300k-government-job\/"},"modified":"2017-07-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T00:00:00","slug":"pilko-gets-a-tip-off-on-who-s-in-line-for-plum-300k-government-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/pilko-gets-a-tip-off-on-who-s-in-line-for-plum-300k-government-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilko gets a TIP-OFF on who\u2019s in line for \u201cplum\u201d $300k government job"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tony Pilkington says he\u2019s heard whispers coming out of Canberra about who could be in line to be the next Australian high commissioner to the UK.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think Alexander Downer holds the job at the moment,\u201d Pilko said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he were to be replaced, if he decides he\u2019s had enough of it over there\u2026 who would be his replacement?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArthur Sinodinos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"470\" width=\"495\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/arthur-sinodinos_0.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sinodinos was PM John Howard\u2019s chief-of-staff and is now a Liberal senator.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m wondering if he\u2019s been sounded out or if his family and wife have been talked to,\u201d Pilko said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the word whispering from an old mate in Canberra\u2026 If they were to replace Alexander Downer as the high commissioner in London, that person could well be senator Arthur Sinodinos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pilko called the high commissioner role a \u201cplum job, pays about $300,000 a year, magnificent accommodation over there\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/Pilko-s-big-rumour-about-an-Adelaide-Crows-assistant-coach\"><strong>PILKO\u2019S BIG RUMOUR ABOUT AN ADELAIDE CROWS ASSISTANT COACH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/ollie-wines-reveals-the-tex-walker-sledge-that-rattled-him-most\"><strong>OLLIE WINES REVEALS THE TEX WALKER SLEDGE THAT RATTLED HIM MOST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Pilkington says he\u2019s heard whispers coming out of Canberra about who could be in line to be the next Australian high commissioner to the UK. \u201cI think Alexander Downer holds the job at the moment,\u201d Pilko said on Thursday. \u201cIf he were to be replaced, if he decides he\u2019s had enough of it over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-29370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leon-byner","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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