Top Gold Coast council official dumped from 600k role

Wednesday February 24, 2021

The Gold Coast’s top bureaucrat, Council CEO Dale Dickson, has been dumped from the role he has held for 18 years.

Departing City of Gold Coast CEO Dale Dickson. (Source: LinkedIn)

Dickson’s tenure will come to an end in September. His replacement as City of Gold Coast chief – on a $600,000-plus salary that is larger than the Prime Minister’s – is still being finalised.

After final presentations by the shortlisted candidates on Monday, it is understood Dickson lost the vote to extend his tenure by a margin of 9-6 during a closed day-long…

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