Ben Gommers, son of former LNP Minister Ros Bates, quits public service post A file image of Ben Gommers. PIC: Supplied Source: Supplied A MAN who last year was embroilled in a political favouritism row has quit his job with the State Government. Ben Gommers, 27, the son of high-profile LNP member Ros Bates, resigned from his $103,000-a-year job in the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Ms Bates, the Member for Mudgeeraba, said her son had "moved on." "Ben is not a public figure, his private future is not a matter of public interest," she said. He has moved on to the private sector and has no further comment. Gommers was appointed as a liaison officer with the department on less money than he received in similar roles with the NSW and Victorian governments. However his family links to former Transport Department director-general Michael Caltabiano were the subject of intense scrutiny. Mr Caltabiano was stood down and later sacked from his job and is under investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission. He was accused of misleading a parliamentary estimate committee hearing. Mr Caltabiano declined to comment today. Ms Bates said her son has never been the subject of any inquiry. At the height of the controversy last year Mr Gommers' father Gary Gommers came forward to defend his son. He said his son won his job fairly, had an outstanding academic record and held similar positions in the Labor and Liberal governments in NSW and Victoria. "There was no favouritism," Mr Gommers said in an exclusive interview with The Courier-Mail. He said Ben had degrees in law and business from Griffith University and a degree in international relations from Bond University. The CMC declined to comment on the investigation.