‘Took no action’: Annastacia Palaszczuk and department criticised for response to ‘bitch on a witch-hunt’ slur
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#5X3RK)
The Queensland premier had told public servants Nikola Stepanov and Robert Setter to get back to work and get on with it'
Queensland's integrity commissioner says the premier's department took no further action after a top public servant rejected her plea for mediation over his alleged behaviour towards her.
The state's integrity commissioner, Dr Nikola Stepanov, became upset when she told a parliamentary committee on Monday that the Public Service Commission chief executive, Robert Setter, allegedly described her as a bitch on a witch-hunt" during a 2018 phone call.
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