High-profile staffers leaving Gunner’s fifth floor

SEVERAL casualties of the fifth-floor shake up can be revealed, and there are some high-profile names among them

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SEVERAL casualties of the fifth-floor shake up can be revealed, and there are some high-profile names among them.

A number of people who were once close advisers to Chief Minister Michael Gunner have moved on after the Government chose to make all staff reapply for their jobs.

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Helen Nezeritis has quit her post.

Helen Nezeritis – the wife of Territory Labor secretary Anthony Brereton – has quit her post.

Ms Nezeritis – a popular figure among fellow staff members – was once Mr Gunner’s deputy chief-of-staff but was moved on from that position last August after a review that saw chief-of-staff Alf Leonardi dumped.

Mr Brereton has already announced he will leave his post when his contract expires in January.

Kieran Phillips, who was also a former deputy chief-of-staff to Mr Gunner before being shifted to the office of Territory Families Minister Dale Wakefield, is also moving on.

Lindsay Murdoch is expected to depart.

It’s understood respected adviser and former journalist Andrea Allen will not continue in her role as chief-of-staff to Health Minister Natasha Fyles.

Gabby Mappas, who worked as a policy adviser to Ms Fyles when she was Attorney-General, is expected to become the Health Minister’s new chief-of-staff after returning from maternity leave.

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Peter Wellings, the former chief-of-staff to Resources Ministers Paul Kirby and Ken Vowels is expected to depart, as is former Walkley Award winning journalist Lindsay Murdoch.