Chris Minns orders review of termination payouts for senior NSW public servants

Premier says review of public money spend is appropriate and necessary' after Guardian Australia reveals $700,000 was paid out to former NSW police media officers

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Supersized termination payouts for New South Wales public servants will be reviewed by the state government after it was revealed police had forked out almost $700,000 to remove three senior media officers since 2022.

The premier, Chris Minns, has ordered a review of the act that sets the rate of payouts after Guardian Australia revealed NSW police had paid out $687,000 in total to three dumped police media executives over the past two years.

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