‘They just write in’: Premier claims business doesn’t need lobbyists
Downplaying the impact of lobbyists on her Government, Annastacia Palaszczuk says businesses need “just write in”.
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Downplaying the impact of lobbyists on her Government, Annastacia Palaszczuk says businesses need “just write in”.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to take personal responsibility for her Government’s culture, and failed to apologise to bullied public servants.
The Premier’s weakness as a leader was on full show this morning, writes the editor, when she both refused to take any personal responsibility for integrity issues or apologise to public servants bullied by ministerial staff.
The Premier says her government will “take responsibility” for the poor culture within the public sector, outlining what she felt was the most damning part of this week’s scathing integrity report.
According to the rules, a recent meeting between the Premier’s former deputy chief of staff and minister Mick de Brenni must have been dull, writes Mike O’Connor.
The Queensland nurses union vetted internal communications for Queensland Health before it was sent to employees, advising why they shouldn’t join a rival organisation, secret emails have revealed.
The stench is overwhelming. Integrity scandals, public service dysfunction, union extortion, secret private emails … Queensland needs a fresh referendum on re-establishing an Upper House, writes Peter Gleeson.
A State Government frontbencher has echoed Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s heavily criticised response to a spat between top bureaucrats.
Emails that promise to shed light on the workplace relationship between the Public Service boss and the Integrity Commissioner after the ‘b*tch on a witch hunt’ revelations are still yet to be made public.
Whistleblower Mike Summerell says he was blocked by government bureaucrats from investigating widespread use of private email accounts by state ministers.
Just when the State Government hopes its integrity crisis has been put to bed, damning new revelations emerge, writes Hayden Johnson.
A whistleblower says he was directed by a senior ministerial staffer to leak damaging information against a rural fire boss.
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