Self-confessed amnesiac appointed to Fair Pay Commission

Today's Australian reports (not online) that the government has appointed Mr Mike O'Hagan "the wealthy owner of multi-million dollar removalist company Minimovers, which employs people on non-union individual contracts who work up to 70 hours a week" to its Fair Pay Commission.

The report states that Mr O'Hagan has previously been one of the government's "Australian Worplace [sic] Agreement ambassadors". When asked, Mr O'Hagan could not remember when he was approached about the position: "I'm not very good with dates and times" he is quoted as saying.

The Age also comments about him:

"Mike O'Hagan, whose Brisbane business MiniMovers hosted Prime Minister John Howard during the 2004 election campaign as a model for individual employment contracts, said he had an "open mind" on how the commission should work.Asked how he would balance the competing interests of workers and bosses in setting the basic wage, he said: 'It's just a fair balance, that's all it is.'".

Will he apply Minimovers' motto "if we damage it we will fix it" to his new role? Perhaps there are some clues in his personal website. Will his appointment mean that he will have to cease his paid speaking engagements?