Committee hears agency head made ‘slur’ against integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov

Stepanov told a parliamentary committee I was called that term' by the Public Service Commission chief executive

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Queensland's integrity commissioner has told the state parliament she was called a bitch on a witch-hunt" by the chief executive of the Public Service Commission during a phone conversation in 2018.

The integrity commissioner, Dr Nikola Stepanov, announced her resignation in January, sparking a much-hyped integrity saga within the Queensland public service.