Qld Parliament live blog: Premier faces grilling over jaw-dropping response to 'b*tch' claim
Annastacia Palaszczuk has faced a grilling by the LNP over her demand for the Integrity Commissioner to sit down with the man who allegedly called her a "b*tch". QLD PARLIAMENT BLOG
Annastacia Palaszczuk faces an LNP grilling in question time over her demand for the Integrity Commissioner to sit down with the man who allegedly called her a "b*tch" to sort their differences.
Responding to the spat between Integrity Commissioner Nikola Stepanov and Public Service Commissioner Rob Setter - who denies he called Dr Stepanov a "b*tch"- the Premier on Monday told the pair to get together and sort their differences.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli said the suggestion of mediation was a poor response from the Premier.
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"I just can't express the magnitude of this statement and the complete and utter lack of judgement from the Premier," he said.
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