Darren Foster

The fight between Western Australia’s top bureaucrat and a state parliamentary committee will continue at the Supreme Court, with Premier Mark McGowan continuing to back his head staffer.

The head of Western Australia’s Corruption and Crime Commission might resign as he finds himself in the middle of a stand-off between parliament and the executive government, with Premier Mark McGowan backing two of his most senior public servants in a clash of constitutional powers.

Top public servants from NSW, Victoria, Queensland and WA have been awarded Harvard scholarships to study an executive program in 2018 or 2019.

Darren Foster was named head of the WA Premier’s department in late April among a list of agency heads who would lead for “the medium term” in the cautious words of the Public Sector Commission. Now it’s official.