Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described it as the country’s “most important nomination for a major international body in decades”. If he gets the job, Cormann would be only the sixth secretary-general of the 37-member OECD since the Paris-based advanced nations club was founded in 1961, and the first from outside Europe and the Americas. SUPPLIED The Royal Australian Air Force provided a plane to enable Mathias Cormann to travel overseas, pushing his case. Cormann, 50, has a helpful back story and is being viewed as a realistic chance despite one stone in his shoe – which is criticism of the Australian government’s track record on climate change.