Former Bega MP Andrew Constance was appointed as Shoalhaven City Council’s new CEO earlier this week. Photo: Shoalhaven City Council.

A government review will take place after a former Liberal MP and two-time federal candidate was appointed to the position of CEO of a council on NSW’s South Coast.

Earlier this week, Andrew Constance was announced as the new CEO of Shoalhaven City Council , drawing the ire of his former opponent and current Member for Gilmore Fiona Phillips, who said he “has no local government employment experience”.

Mr Constance spent 18 years as the Member for Bega before resigning to run as the Liberals’ candidate in Gilmore, but lost to Labor’s Ms Phillips when competing for the seat in the 2022 and 2025 elections.

He formally begins his new role at Shoalhaven’s

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