Senior home affairs official abused public office to get her future brother-in-law a job, Nacc finds
by Tom McIlroy Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6YAMY)
Watchdog says woman's conduct was serious because of her seniority, as well as concern over nepotism, cronyism and undeclared conflicts' in recruitment
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A senior home affairs department official has been found to have abused public office and misused internal information to get her future brother-in-law a job, including hiding their relationship and sharing job interview questions with her sister.
A damning National Anti-Corruption Commission report released on Monday found the woman, who was given the pseudonym Joanne Simeson, forged a signature and coached her sister on how to hide the family relationship, eliciting suspicions from colleagues involved in the recruitment process.
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