CONTROVERSIAL Queensland Health director-general appointee Michael Walsh has been selected on merit, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk insists.
MR Walsh’s selection has raised eyebrows because the former deputy director-general of health had been promoted to fix the health payroll bungle in 2010 but then resigned without doing so.
Ms Palaszczuk maintains he’s the right choice for the job because he was selected by an independent panel on merit alone.