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Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie and leading constitutional lawyer Megan Davis have been named Australian Rugby League Commissioners.
The pair will join the ARLC immediately and sit under chairman John Grant until his February departure.
“I have no doubt these appointments will give the commission additional expertise and insight as it looks to capitalise on the foundations that have been put in place over the last six years,” Grant said in a statement on Tuesday.
Beattie was one of Queensland’s longest-serving premiers (1998-2007) and oversaw the renovation of Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, also approving construction of Gold Coast’s CBus Stadium.
He is the chairman of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation.
Davis, a professor of law at the University of NSW, has been an advocate for indigenous constitutional recognition and as well as working as a diplomat to the United Nations.
Davis grew up in Queensland’s North Burnett region.
The pair replace prominent businessmen Graeme Samuel and Jeremy Sutcliffe, who resigned in January.
They join Catherine Harris, Wayne Pearce, Chris Sarra, Tony McGrath and Gary Weiss on the ARLC board.
Grant said Davis and Beattie would join the work on the ARLC’s agenda, including striking an agreement with clubs on funding and finalising players’ collective bargaining agreement.
Grant will exit when his tenure ends in early 2018 after six years in the role.
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