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NSW police turns to Bruce Lehrmann producer for top PR role
NSW police sacked the state’s powerful PR chief. It will turn to Spotlight’s Steve Jackson to help run the force’s media apparatus.
Mark Di StefanoColumnistThe sprawling PR operation within NSW police was sent into a tailspin last week when police chief Karen Webb dismissed media chief Liz Deegan.
It was all but inevitable that the spinner would shoulder the blame for Webb and the police force’s recent unforced gaffes and errors around briefing the media and public on crimes. Still, that leaves a vacancy at one of the most influential PR roles in the state. NSW police media controls the drip-feed of information to news outlets and their police beat reporters.
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