NSW Labor’s (now former) police spokesman Walt Secord is known for taking Eddie Obeid’s upper house seat, working as Kristina Keneally’s chief of staff and strategising for Kevin Rudd and Bob Carr.

Along with a CV that reads like a guest list for the ship of miserable ghosts, Secord’s resignation from the opposition front bench on Monday confirms he will also be remembered for his alleged bullying relayed by colleagues to former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick’s inquiry into NSW parliamentary culture.